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União Europeia fecha acordo comercial com EUA; Putin reúne-se com Xi na China
Os eurodeputados chegaram a acordo sobre o acordo comercial UE-EUA assinado em julho passado com Donald Trump. Entrevista exclusiva com Bernd Lange, relator do Parlamento Europeu. Na China, Vladimir Putin reúne-se com Xi Jinping.
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00:14O que é o dia 20 de maio?
00:31O que é o dia 20 de maio?
01:00Plus, just days after Donald Trump's high-profile trip, Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing late last night for
01:07talks with his Chinese counterpart and, quote, long-standing friend Xi Jinping.
01:12The visit comes as the U.S. confirms plans to withdraw more troops from Europe, insisting the move will not
01:18weaken NATO's deterrence capabilities.
01:20We'll be crossing live to the NATO headquarters.
01:23But first, to our top story, negotiators from the three EU institutions, the Parliament, Council and Commission have sealed a
01:30deal in the early hours on the EU-U.S. trade pact struck last summer in Scotland.
01:35After watering down safeguard measures, relations with the U.S. remain fragile as President Trump continues to use tariffs as
01:42a tool to pressure allies.
01:44For more, I'm joined here in the studio by our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo.
01:48Good morning, Maria.
01:48Good morning.
01:49So, they got the deal over the line.
01:50What's in it?
01:51Well, they got it over the line.
01:52They agree now to expedite the implementation of the arrangement that was agreed last summer between President Donald Trump and
01:59the head of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, just to bring our viewers up to speed with this deal.
02:04The tariffs on U.S. industrial goods will go down to zero.
02:07Tariffs on European imports heading into the U.S. would triple.
02:11At this stage, the thrust of this issue is the European Parliament now gives the approval, the consent to move
02:18on and go ahead with the implementation.
02:20They do this in a context in which the President of the U.S. had threatened to double tariffs on
02:26European cars by July the 4th.
02:28That is, of course, America's Independence Day if this did not happen.
02:32What the European Parliament agrees now is that this will put the relationship on a more stable footing.
02:38That is questionable, of course, given the context between the U.S., the Trump presidency, and Brussels.
02:43And they also say, which is put together in this arrangement that we have now cut yesterday at about 2
02:49.30 in the morning, is that they will go ahead, expedite the implementation.
02:53But they also argue that it comes with some safeguards.
02:57Of course, we've had time now to look at the fine print.
02:59And when I look at this, what I would argue is that the safeguards have, in fact, been watered down
03:03to get this under the line.
03:05There are no mentions.
03:06At some point, this was floated.
03:07The idea of territorial integrity in the European Union, and all of this going back to the threats that President
03:12Trump made on Greenland,
03:14and therefore also Denmark, a member of the EU.
03:16That does not feature.
03:17They do have a clause that says the Commission would have a right to suspend some of the parts of
03:23the agreement if we do not see tariffs and duties on steel and aluminum come down by the end of
03:29the year.
03:29Remember, they're now standing at around 50 percent.
03:32There has been no tariff relief on that front when it comes to the Americans on the EU.
03:37And they also say this could be suspended altogether by 2029.
03:40Of course, by 2029, President Trump will not be in offer.
03:44When I look at this, ultimately, the Parliament agrees in a very difficult context to move ahead, fearing that if
03:50not, that would lead to escalation and more tariffs by July.
03:54Ultimately, will this change anything about the fundamental core of the arrangement?
03:58No, the 15 percent of European goods will stay.
04:02And, of course, the U.S. will still remain as a winner out of this with industrial goods coming down
04:06to zero and promised by the Europeans to buy and spend billions on U.S. weapons and energy.
04:12The deal, the core of it, stays as it is.
04:14It is tilted in favour of the U.S.
04:16OK, Maria Steyo, thank you so much for that.
04:18And shortly, you'll be speaking exclusively to Bernd Lange, one of the top negotiators on that deal who was up
04:22all night.
04:23So stay with us here in the studio for that.
04:25But now, moving on, Russia's Vladimir Putin is back in Beijing, meeting Xi Jinping.
04:30But this visit feels very different from Donald Trump's just last week.
04:33So far, both leaders have hailed the important Russia-China ties with Xi, calling Putin a dear friend.
04:39Our Jakub Janus has more.
04:42It's been less than a week since Donald Trump's visit to Beijing.
04:46And now it's Vladimir Putin's turn to land in the Chinese capital for a state meeting with Xi Jinping.
04:51And to see past the official agenda, you just have to look at the guest list.
04:54When the U.S. president visited, he brought tech and finance executives.
04:58Putin's massive delegation, however, includes five deputy prime ministers,
05:03eight ministers, regional governors and the head of Russia's central bank.
05:07So what does this power play actually signal for Europe?
05:12For Russia, China has become a critical economic lifeline.
05:16With bilateral trade topping $200 billion for three straight years,
05:21Moscow is structurally dependent on Beijing for industrial machinery, electronics and cars.
05:26And with major Russian banks cut off from Western financial systems,
05:30trade settlements in Chinese yuan have exploded from less than 2% in 2022
05:34to almost 30 to 40% of Russia's total trade.
05:39And for China, Beijing is buying record amounts of discounted Russian oil,
05:44so over 100 million tons a year.
05:47And at the same time, she is pushing for a massive new gas pipeline
05:51called the power of Siberia too.
05:53And the maths is simple.
05:55The Chinese leader wants cheap Russian raw materials,
05:58but he cannot risk Western penalties blocking Chinese exports
06:02to valuable European markets.
06:04But hey, look at who else was on that plane.
06:07Notably, Kirill Dmitriev, so head of Russia's direct investment fund,
06:12and Kremlin's key negotiator with Washington,
06:15hoping to leverage China's diplomatic ways
06:17to win down the Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
06:20But for Beijing, it's all about the Taiwan cut.
06:23And by showing Washington how close it can get to Moscow,
06:27China is pressuring Trump to limit US multi-billion dollar arms sales to Taiwan.
06:31And you see, Putin and Xi have met more than 40 times
06:34and openly called each other old friends.
06:37So if Europe is just waiting for these two to retire,
06:41there is bad news.
06:42Last year, Hot Mike caught them discussing leaving until 150.
06:46So maybe that will be just enough time for Europe to finally decide on its stance.
06:51And if not, maybe to learn Mandarin.
06:58Now moving on, the Brexit debate is back on the agenda
07:02after Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership rivals
07:04suggested that the UK's place could be back here in the European Union.
07:09Euronews correspondent Marek Gwynne spoke exclusively
07:11to the UK's State Minister for Trade from Strasbourg
07:14and started by asking him whether his government should ditch its red lines
07:18and try to rejoin the EU's single market.
07:21Well, the red lines were an agreement that we had between ourselves
07:24and the British public who elected us in the general election.
07:27You're right, it's not even two years yet since the last general election.
07:30We've got another three years before the next general election
07:33and I'm sure that the Labour government is going to be pushing forward
07:36on all these different elements.
07:38If we had more regulatory alignment between the UK and the European Union,
07:42just as we're about to do on food and agricultural products,
07:45but did that in other sectors as well,
07:47I think you would see a significant saving to business
07:50across the whole of the continent
07:52and a significant increase in trade between the UK and the EU.
07:57And I think that there's a really strong feeling that
07:59in a few years' time it's perfectly possible
08:01that you will see British troops standing next to Danish troops
08:05and Spanish troops and German troops in Ukraine
08:08defending our European security.
08:11It would be crazy if by that time we haven't managed to achieve
08:15a trading arrangement which allowed them to use the same car
08:18and buy the same products online
08:20and use services across the whole of the continent as well.
08:25Yet while you're pushing for this,
08:26your government is clearly on very fragile ground right now.
08:29There will clearly be eventually an official leadership contest
08:33and one of the challenges of former Health Secretary West Streeting
08:37has already adopted a much bolder line on the post-Brexit relationship
08:42saying there needs to be a special relationship
08:44and even the possibility of rejoining the EU.
08:47Should that now be the Labour Party
08:49and the Labour government's line as well?
08:51Look, I've been a Remainer from the beginning of time
08:55and I remain a Remainer and I will remain a Remainer until my dying day.
08:59So, of course, I would love to see the UK
09:02as a member of the European Union
09:03but a vote was taken in 2016
09:05and we had a general election in 2024
09:08in which we made commitments to the British public
09:11which I don't think we're about to surrender.
09:15The truth of the matter is we just need to get
09:17a common sense approach to so many different issues
09:20whether it's business travel
09:21and it's British performing artists being able to tour around Europe
09:25or it's standing up to the security threat
09:29and our need, for instance, we will need to produce more steel
09:33green steel in Europe, including in the UK
09:36to be able to create the armaments
09:38that we're going to need for the future
09:40if we're going to really significantly invest
09:42as we've all said we're going to
09:43in defence and security.
09:46Now, if we're going to do that
09:48we need to make sure that we have a good deal
09:50between the EU and the UK on steel, for instance.
09:53We need to make sure that British cars
09:55and electric vehicles can be sold in the European Union
09:58without additional burdens.
10:00All of these things, I think, to be honest,
10:02are just common sense.
10:03You also mentioned steel.
10:05The EU has recently halved its quotas
10:07and doubled its tariffs on foreign steel
10:09in response to the more hostile international landscape
10:13it's operating in.
10:14Are you afraid that the UK will be caught in that?
10:18So on steel, we are having very productive conversations with steel.
10:22We ourselves are introducing new steel trade measures
10:25on the 1st of July, just as the European Union is.
10:28We need to make sure that we don't provide a problem for each other
10:31because, frankly, the problem of that overcapacity in steel
10:34which undermines sovereign steel capacity
10:37on the continent of Europe
10:39is not provided by us.
10:41It's provided by China and some other countries in the world.
10:44But I'm very confident that we will come to a good arrangement on that.
10:47In relation to the idea of a European preference
10:51or Made in Europe campaign,
10:54I'm very confident that people accept this idea
10:57that the supply chains, in particular for cars
11:00and electric vehicles across Europe,
11:02include the UK.
11:04And if we're going to make sure that
11:05the whole of the continent of Europe prospers,
11:08I think Made in Europe will have to include the UK
11:12as part of that agenda.
11:16Now, moving on to NATO,
11:17where foreign ministers are preparing
11:19for a two-day summit in Sweden
11:21where concerns over military hardware
11:23due to the US-Israel war in Iran
11:25are top of the agenda.
11:26Also on their plate,
11:28how Europe can assist in the reopening
11:29of the Strait of Hormuz
11:31if and when a resolution to the conflict emerges.
11:34For more, we can call straight over to NATO
11:36to your news correspondent, Shona Murray.
11:38Good morning, Shona.
11:39So, military chiefs are very worried
11:41about ammunition stocks.
11:42What are they saying to you?
11:46Well, good morning, Maeve.
11:47Indeed, NATO foreign affairs ministers
11:49are meeting in Sweden
11:50for the next couple of days
11:51to discuss a number of seriously consequential issues
11:54that are facing the alliance,
11:55not least of which is this delivery of munitions.
11:58Because as we've seen,
11:59the United States is burning through its stockpiles
12:01of very critical weapons,
12:03including Patriot air defence systems.
12:05That can have a knock-on effect for Europe
12:07and Ukraine and its access to these weapons.
12:10In addition, Maeve,
12:11we've also seen over the last few weeks
12:13an announcement by the US
12:14for troop cuts across European territory
12:17and European NATO territory.
12:19And there's due to be a further announcement
12:20of this on Friday.
12:22Now, I'm joined here at NATO headquarters
12:24by Colonel Martin O'Donnell,
12:26who's a senior advisor
12:26to the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe.
12:30Martin, thanks for joining us this morning.
12:32So, first of all, this troop cut.
12:33Now, we saw an announcement
12:35of 5,000 from Germany.
12:36Instead of taking 5,000 troops from Germany,
12:39the US is taking 4,000
12:40or cancelling a brigade to Poland.
12:43But there is going to be subsequent cuts.
12:45The United States has already warned of this.
12:48But can you tell us a little bit more
12:50about the context?
12:51Yeah, sure.
12:51So I think you're talking about two separate things,
12:54but they share one thing in common.
12:56I'll talk about the two separate things,
12:57but on the commonality.
12:59That is, the United States has made it abundantly clear
13:03that it needs to focus elsewhere,
13:06not just in Europe.
13:07It has stressed Europeans need to step up.
13:11Europeans are stepping up.
13:12There is agreement within the alliance
13:14that a stronger Europe equals a stronger NATO.
13:17So that's the commonality
13:19that those two things share.
13:21Separately, if you look at each one,
13:23you talked about the 5,000 with the 4,000.
13:25The 4,000 troops, the rotational brigade,
13:29earmarked for Poland,
13:30this has never been about Poland.
13:33The other 1,000 troops, obviously,
13:35coming from Germany,
13:38from a long-range fires unit there.
13:41And so those are rotational forces.
13:43Rotational forces can rotate in and out.
13:44What's happening now
13:46is that the Supreme Allied Commander,
13:48General Grinkovich,
13:49in both his capacity as Supreme Allied Commander
13:51and as European Commander,
13:53is looking at how he needs to
13:54potentially adjust forces inside Europe
13:57to compensate for that,
13:59both U.S. forces and NATO forces.
14:02Separately, yes,
14:05the U.S.,
14:08there's been indications
14:09that the U.S. will announce changes
14:11to the NATO force model.
14:12I think the important thing
14:13for your viewers to understand
14:15is that those adjustments
14:17have been discussed about with NATO
14:18over the course of the last many months.
14:20All right, there should be no surprises on this.
14:23And it will focus on areas
14:25where we see Europeans
14:26very, very capable of stepping up.
14:28So the idea being that
14:29the first announcement was,
14:31I suppose,
14:31in the middle of a feud
14:32with Chancellor Mertz.
14:33This announcement is in relation
14:35to ongoing discussions
14:37and military planning.
14:38So it's a little bit more
14:39sort of forward planning.
14:41And can I ask you also
14:42about access to munitions?
14:44Because we've seen the United States
14:45burning through billions of dollars
14:47worth of weapons.
14:47Now there's concerns
14:48that Europeans won't be able
14:50to access what they need
14:51for Ukraine.
14:52Yeah, so I think
14:53the United States
14:54has also made this clear
14:56that there's enough munitions.
14:57Munitions are still flowing
14:59both to Europe
15:00and most importantly to Ukraine.
15:02Cannot stress enough
15:03the importance of the Pearl,
15:04the prioritized Ukraine requirements list
15:06and the contributions
15:07that we continue to need
15:09from nations to step up.
15:10We've seen many, many contributions
15:12from many European nations.
15:13We need more to keep coming in
15:15to ensure these munitions
15:16can continue to go to Ukraine.
15:17But I suppose in terms
15:17of our production,
15:18that's the key issue, isn't it?
15:19Because they can't keep up
15:20with the pace.
15:21So what needs to be done
15:22about production?
15:22Well, we need to increase
15:23our defense industrial base
15:25on both sides of the Atlantic.
15:26And that was a big part
15:27of the discussion
15:28that occurred here yesterday
15:29with the Chiefs of Defense meeting.
15:31I think that that will continue
15:32at the end of the week
15:33with the meeting
15:33of the foreign ministers.
15:35And just in relation
15:36to the drones,
15:37can you just quickly
15:38tell us a little bit about
15:39because we've seen
15:40a lot more drone incursions
15:41across European territory.
15:42Just very quickly,
15:43is this something
15:44we need to be
15:45deeply concerned about?
15:46Yeah, so I think what,
15:48again, the viewers
15:49need to understand
15:50is we saw NATO
15:52shot down a drone yesterday
15:53that potentially threatened
15:55NATO airspace.
15:57We've done that before.
15:58We'll continue to do that.
15:59We're continuing
15:59to roll out
16:00ground-based interceptors
16:02for drones
16:03all along the eastern front
16:05as part of eastern century.
16:07And so viewers
16:08should be assured
16:09that NATO has a handle on this.
16:10Okay, Colonel Marlodon,
16:11thank you very much
16:12for joining us this morning.
16:12And back to you
16:13in studio, Maeve.
16:14Thank you so much.
16:15But now, as promised,
16:16it is time to dive deeper
16:17into our top story today.
16:19And that is, of course,
16:20that deal last night
16:21in Strasbourg
16:21on the EU-US trade deal.
16:23Maria, today, of course,
16:24is here with us on set.
16:25So over to you.
16:26Yes, Maeve,
16:27let's now go to Bernd Lange
16:29because he is a top negotiator
16:30for this file.
16:32A deal has been agreed
16:33yesterday night.
16:34Let's go straight
16:35to our guest in Strasbourg.
16:38And, sir,
16:39you've had no sleep.
16:40So thank you so much
16:41for joining us.
16:42I've got to admit,
16:42I've defended you many times
16:44every time you've delayed
16:46the vote
16:47because this is
16:47a consequential decision
16:49for Europeans.
16:50Nonetheless,
16:51I'm surprised.
16:51You've now agreed to it.
16:52What changed?
16:55First of all,
16:56it's not a deal.
16:57It's a legislation.
16:58And that's really important.
17:00And therefore,
17:00we had to be really careful.
17:02and secondly,
17:06we are not really delaying
17:08the process.
17:08The only delay we had
17:10was during the so-called
17:12Greenland exercise
17:13where President Trump
17:15really used coercive measures
17:18against us.
17:19So now we have a safety net.
17:22So we are looking for
17:23safeguard mechanisms
17:25for a monitoring system.
17:26We are looking really
17:28to suspension clause
17:29and we have also
17:31a clear sunset
17:32for the whole legislation.
17:34So this is a package
17:35which gives predictability
17:37and safety for us,
17:39for our consumer,
17:40for our industry.
17:41Therefore,
17:41I'm quite happy
17:42that we concluded it.
17:43But, sir,
17:44do you honestly believe that?
17:46Do you think
17:46you're going to have
17:47a more stable relationship
17:48with President Trump
17:49because some would argue
17:50you've agreed to it
17:51because it's threatening you
17:52to double tariffs on the cars?
17:53That's really what changed.
17:54Nothing else.
17:57Yeah, of course,
17:58we have now security
17:59and that's so important.
18:01If, and as you know,
18:03this current legal base
18:04in the United States,
18:05the Strait Act 1 to 2,
18:07is expiring on the 24th of July
18:10and nobody knows
18:11what will come after.
18:13And we have now
18:14clear criteria
18:15that if our deal
18:17is not respected
18:19on the U.S. side,
18:20then we will lift again
18:22the tariffs.
18:23Or secondly,
18:25as you know,
18:25the United States
18:26have really increased
18:28tariff
18:29for washing machine
18:31and other products
18:32after the deal
18:33of Scotland
18:33was concluded
18:34and we want to
18:35bring them back.
18:36And also this
18:37has to be
18:38in our legislation.
18:39So this gives us
18:41insurance
18:42that we can
18:43act in a proper way
18:45if there are
18:46turbulences
18:46on the other side
18:47of the Atlantic.
18:48Mr. Lange,
18:49some would say
18:50it's in fact
18:50the opposite.
18:51The safeguards
18:52have been watered down.
18:53There is a clause
18:55here that argues
18:55the deal
18:56can be halted
18:57but only after
18:572029.
18:58President Trump
18:59will be gone
19:00by then.
19:00Do you really
19:01believe you have
19:02the safeguards
19:02in place
19:03so that this
19:03is a balanced
19:04deal?
19:07I will not
19:08make any comment
19:10on the deal
19:11of Scotland.
19:11Now we have
19:12really a safety net
19:14and yes
19:15we have safeguards.
19:16We will have
19:16a monitoring
19:17of the economic
19:19consequences
19:19inside the European Union
19:21starting three
19:22months after
19:23this legislation
19:24is coming into
19:25force.
19:26And we have
19:26a lot of
19:27suspension clauses
19:28and we have
19:29also clear
19:30regulation that
19:31if the United
19:33States will not
19:34decrease the tariffs
19:35for this metal
19:37product until
19:38the end of the
19:39year then we
19:40will lift our
19:43tariffs for this
19:43product and yes
19:45we have a
19:45sunset clause
19:46and this is really
19:47totally new
19:48this was not
19:48foreseen.
19:49We will have
19:50an impact assessment
19:51about the whole
19:51exercise and then
19:53we will start
19:54negotiations after
19:56three years with
19:57the United States.
19:58so there is a
19:59really big package
20:00for giving us
20:01predictability.
20:02Although of course
20:03the sunset clause
20:04only kicks in in
20:042029 one year
20:05after President
20:06Trump leaves office
20:07but I have to ask
20:07you about steel
20:08and aluminum
20:09because this is
20:09very important
20:10for the European
20:11industry.
20:11What makes you
20:12think the US
20:13will agree to
20:14lower them from
20:1450% because we
20:15have seen no
20:16movement over a
20:17year.
20:17This is very
20:18painful for the
20:18European industry.
20:22That's not
20:22totally correct.
20:24So we have
20:24some movement
20:25on the 2nd of
20:26April so I'm
20:27a motorcycle
20:29driver and
20:30motorcycles are
20:31relieved from
20:33this tariff so
20:34back to 50%
20:35and some other
20:37products as well
20:37but not all of
20:38them.
20:39So we are in
20:40contact and we
20:41give them a time
20:42until the end of
20:43the year and if
20:44then it's not
20:45happening then we
20:46will come back to
20:47our tariffs.
20:48So there is some
20:49room for maneuver
20:50on the US side
20:52and I hope that
20:53that the US
20:55administration will
20:57act properly.
20:58I just have to
20:59ask a final
21:00question.
21:00Now that you've
21:01agreed to expedite
21:02this you say I
21:03hope the US will
21:04agree and comply
21:05too.
21:05Do you trust
21:06President Trump
21:07ultimately?
21:07Do you honestly
21:08believe he will go
21:10through his words?
21:13You never know
21:15what is coming in
21:17his mind but we
21:18have the
21:18possibility to act
21:19so if the
21:20conditions are not
21:21fulfilled then we
21:22will reestablish
21:23immediately the
21:25European tariffs
21:26for US products
21:27and this is a
21:29clear message.
21:30Stick President
21:31Trump to the
21:32deal of Scotland
21:34then of course we
21:35can act in a
21:36proper way.
21:37If not then we
21:38have our
21:39countermeasures
21:39ready.
21:40Well Mr.
21:41Lange thank you
21:42so much.
21:42I know you had a
21:42very short night so
21:43thank you.
21:44I appreciate it for
21:44joining us this
21:45morning.
21:46Thank you so much
21:47as well to you
21:47Maria as well and
21:48Bert Lange of course
21:48will be having a
21:49busy day.
21:50He'll be speaking to
21:51the press a little
21:51bit later this
21:52morning for more
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