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EU-Handelsstreit beigelegt: Europaparlament einigt sich auf Deal mit den USA. Exklusiv im Gespräch: Bernd Lange. In China trifft Putin Staatschef Xi.
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00:26Untertitelung des ZDF für funk, 2017
00:30Untertitelung des ZDF für funk, 2017
01:00Plus, just days after Donald Trump's high-profile trip,
01:03Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing late last night
01:07for talks with his Chinese counterpart and, quote, long-standing friend Xi Jinping.
01:12The visit comes as the US confirms plans to withdraw more troops from Europe,
01:17insisting the move will not weaken 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,
01:27the Parliament, Council and Commission have sealed a deal
01:30in the early hours on the EU-US trade pact struck last summer in Scotland.
01:35After watering down safeguard measures, relations with the US remain fragile
01:39as President Trump continues to use tariffs as a 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
01:55that was agreed last summer between President Donald Trump
01:58and the head of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,
02:00just to bring our viewers up to speed with this deal.
02:04The tariffs on US industrial goods will go down to zero.
02:07Tariffs on European imports heading into the US would triple.
02:11At this stage, the thrust of this issue is the European Parliament now gives the approval,
02:17the consent to move on and go ahead with the implementation.
02:20They do this in a context in which the President of the US had threatened to double tariffs
02:26on European cars by July the 4th.
02:28That is, of course, America's Independence Day if this did not happen.
02:33What the European Parliament agrees now is that this will put the relationship on a more stable footing.
02:37That is questionable, of course, given the context between the US, the Trump presidency and Brussels.
02:43And they also say, which is put together in this arrangement that we have now cut yesterday
02:49at about 2.30 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.
02:59When 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.
03:07But the idea of territorial integrity in the European Union,
03:10a lot of this going back to the threats that President Trump made on Greenland
03:14and therefore also Denmark, a member of the EU, that does not feature.
03:17They do have a clause that says the Commission would have a right
03:22to suspend some of the parts of the agreement
03:24if we do not see tariffs and duties on steel and aluminum come down by the end of the year.
03:29Remember, they're now standing at around 50%.
03:31There has been no tariff relief on that front when it comes to the Americans on the EU.
03:36And they also say this could be suspended altogether by 2029.
03:41Of 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,
03:49fearing that if not, 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% of European goods will stay.
04:02And, of course, the US will still remain as a winner out of this with industrial goods coming down to
04:06zero
04:07and promised by the Europeans to buy and spend billions on US weapons and energy.
04:12The deal, the core of it, stays as it is.
04:14It is tilted in favour of the US.
04:16OK, Maria Sadeo, thank you so much for that.
04:18And shortly, you'll be speaking exclusively to Bernd Lange,
04:20one of the top negotiators on that deal who was up all 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,
04:37with Xi calling Putin a dear friend.
04:39Our Jakob Yanis 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 US 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 called 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 to 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 weight to 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,
06:35and openly called each other old friends.
06:37So if Europe is just waiting for these two to retire, there is bad news.
06:41Last 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.
07:08Euronews correspondent Marek Gwynn spoke exclusively to the UK's
07:12State 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.
07:37If 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
08:08and defending our European security.
08:11It will be crazy if by that time we haven't managed to achieve a trading arrangement
08:16which allowed them to use the same car and 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 and 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 as a member of the European Union,
09:03but a vote was taken in 2016,
09:06and 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,
09:22it's British performing artists being able to tour around Europe,
09:25or it's standing up to the security threat,
09:28and our need, for instance,
09:31we will need to produce more steel, green steel, in Europe,
09:35including in the UK,
09:37to be able to create the armaments that 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,
09:44in defence and security.
09:47Now, 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 and electric vehicles
09:57can be sold in the European Union
09:59without 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?
10:17So 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 on the continent of Europe,
10:39is not provided by us.
10:41It's provided by China and some other countries in the world.
10:44that I'm very confident that we will come to a good arrangement on that.
10:48In relation to the idea of a European preference,
10:51a préférence aérobienne or made-in-Europe campaign,
10:54I'm very confident that people accept this idea
10:57that the supply chains, in particular for cars and electric vehicles
11:01across Europe, include the UK.
11:04And if we're going to make sure that the whole of the continent
11:07of Europe prospers, I think made-in-Europe
11:10will have to include the UK as part of that agenda.
11:16Now, moving on to NATO, where foreign ministers are preparing
11:19for a two-day summit in Sweden,
11:21where concerns over military hardware due to the US-Israel war in Iran
11:25are top of the agenda.
11:26Also on their plate, how Europe can assist
11:29in the reopening of 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 about ammunition stocks.
11:42What are they saying to you?
11:46Well, good morning, Maeve.
11:47Indeed, NATO foreign affairs ministers are meeting in Sweden
11:50for the next couple of days to discuss a number of seriously
11:53consequential issues that are facing the alliance,
11:55not least of which is this delivery of munitions.
11:58Because as we've seen, the United States is burning through its stockpiles
12:01of very critical weapons, including Patriot air defence systems.
12:05That can have a knock-on effect for Europe and Ukraine
12:08and its access to these weapons.
12:10In addition, Maeve, we've also seen over the last few weeks
12:13an announcement by the US for troop cuts across European territory
12:17and European NATO territory.
12:19And there's due to be a further announcement of this on Friday.
12:22Now, I'm joined here at NATO headquarters
12:24by Colonel Martin O'Donnell,
12:26who's a senior advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe.
12:30Martin, thanks a million for joining us this morning.
12:32So, first of all, this troop cut.
12:33Now, we saw an announcement of 5,000 from Germany.
12:36Instead of taking 5,000 troops from Germany,
12:39the US is taking 4,000 or 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 about 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, not 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 that 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 earmarked for Poland,
13:30this has never been about Poland.
13:33The other 1,000 troops, obviously, coming 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.
13:45What's happening now is that the Supreme Allied Commander,
13:48General Grinkovic, in both his capacity
13:50as Supreme Allied Commander and as European Commander,
13:52is looking at how he needs to potentially adjust forces
13:55inside Europe to compensate for that,
13:59both U.S. forces and NATO forces.
14:02Separately, yes, the U.S., the U.S.,
14:08there's been indications that the U.S.
14:10will announce changes to the NATO force model.
14:12I think the important thing for your viewers to understand
14:15is that those adjustments have 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 where we see Europeans
14:26very, very capable of stepping up.
14:28So the idea being that the first announcement was,
14:31I suppose, in the middle of a feud with Chancellor Mertz.
14:33This announcement is in relation to ongoing discussions
14:37and military planning.
14:38So it's a little bit more sort of forward planning.
14:41And can I ask you also about access to munitions?
14:44Because we've seen the United States burning through
14:46billions of dollars' worth of weapons.
14:48Now there's concerns that Europeans won't be able to access
14:50what they need for Ukraine.
14:52Yeah, so I think the United States has also made this clear
14:56that there's enough munitions.
14:57Munitions are still flowing, both to Europe
15:00and, most importantly, to Ukraine.
15:02Cannot stress enough the importance of the PERL,
15:04the prioritized Ukraine requirements list,
15:06and the contributions that 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 can continue to go to Ukraine.
15:17But I suppose in terms of production,
15:18that's the key issue, isn't it?
15:19Because they can't keep up with the pace.
15:21So what needs to be done about production?
15:22Well, we need to increase our defense industrial base
15:25on both sides of the Atlantic.
15:26And that was a big part of the discussion
15:28that occurred here yesterday
15:29with the Chiefs of Defense meeting.
15:31I think that that will continue at the end of the week
15:33with the meeting of the foreign ministers.
15:35And just in relation to the drones,
15:37can you just quickly tell us a little bit about,
15:39because we've seen a lot more drone incursions
15:41across European territory.
15:42Just very quickly,
15:44is this something we need to be deeply concerned about?
15:46Yeah.
15:47So I think what, again,
15:48the viewers need to understand
15:50is we saw NATO shot down a drone yesterday
15:53that potentially threatened NATO airspace.
15:57We've done that before.
15:58We'll continue to do that.
15:59We're continuing to roll out
16:00ground-based interceptors for drones
16:03all along the Eastern Front
16:05as part of Eastern Century.
16:07And so viewers should be assured
16:09that NATO has a handle on this.
16:10Okay, Corinne Mardle-Jones,
16:11thank you very much for joining us this morning.
16:12And back to you in 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 in 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.
16:31A 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,
16:43I've defended you many times
16:44every time you've delayed
16:46the vote
16:47because this is a consequential decision
16:49for Europeans.
16:50Nonetheless, I'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 we had
17:01to be really careful.
17:03And secondly,
17:06we are not really
17:07delaying the 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
17:23for safeguard 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
17:39and for 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
18:05in the United States,
18:06the 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 clear 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,
18:24as you know,
18:25the United States
18:26have really increased
18:28tariff for washing machine
18:31and other products
18:32after the deal
18:33of Scotland was concluded
18:34and we want to bring them back.
18:36And also this has to be
18:38in our legislation.
18:39So this gives us
18:41an assurance
18:42that we can act
18:44in a proper way
18:45if there are turbulences
18:46on the other side
18:47of the Atlantic.
18:48Mr. Lange,
18:49some would say
18:50it's in fact the opposite.
18:51the safeguards
18:52have been watered down.
18:53There is a clause here
18:55that argues the deal
18:56can be halted,
18:57but only after 2029.
18:58President Trump
18:59will be gone by then.
19:00Do you really believe
19:02you have the safeguards
19:02in place
19:03so that this is
19:03a balanced deal?
19:08I will not make
19:10any comment
19:10on the deal of Scotland.
19:11Now we have really
19:13a safety net.
19:14And yes,
19:15we have safeguards.
19:16We will have a monitoring
19:17of the economic
19:18consequences
19:19inside the European Union
19:21starting three months
19:23after this legislation
19:24is coming into force.
19:26And we have a lot
19:27of suspension clauses
19:28and we have also
19:30clear regulation
19:31that if the United States
19:33will not decrease
19:35the tariffs
19:35for this metal product
19:38until the end of the year,
19:39then we will lift
19:42our tariffs
19:43for this product.
19:44and yes,
19:45we have a sunset clause.
19:46And this is really
19:47totally new.
19:48This was not foreseen.
19:49We will have
19:50an impact assessment
19:51about the whole exercise
19:52and then we will start
19:54the negotiations
19:55after three years
19:57with the United States.
19:58So there is a really
19:59big package
20:00for giving us
20:01predictability.
20:02Although, of course,
20:03the sunset clause
20:04only kicks in in 2029,
20:05one year after
20:06President Trump
20:06leaves office.
20:07But I have to ask you
20:07about steel and aluminum
20:09because this is very important
20:10for the European industry.
20:11What makes you think
20:12the U.S. will agree
20:13to lower them from 50%
20:15because we have seen
20:15no movement over a year?
20:17This is very painful
20:18for the European industry.
20:22That's not totally correct.
20:24So we have some movement
20:25on the 2nd of April.
20:26So I'm a motorcycle driver
20:30and motorcycles are relieved
20:32from this tariff.
20:34So back to 50%.
20:36And some other products as well,
20:38but not all of them.
20:39So we are in contact
20:40and we give them a time
20:42until the end of the year.
20:43And if then it's not happening,
20:45then we will come back
20:47to our terrorists.
20:48So there is some room
20:50for maneuver on the U.S. side.
20:52And I hope that
20:54the U.S. administration
20:56will act properly.
20:58I just have to ask
20:59a final question.
21:00Now that you've agreed
21:01to expedite this,
21:02you say,
21:03I hope the U.S. will agree
21:04and comply too.
21:05Do you trust
21:06President Trump ultimately?
21:07Do you honestly believe
21:09he will go through his words?
21:14You will never know
21:15what is coming in his mind,
21:17but we have the possibility
21:19to act.
21:20So if the conditions
21:20are not fulfilled,
21:22then we will reestablish
21:23immediately the European
21:26tariffs for U.S. products.
21:28And this is a clear message.
21:30Stick, President Trump,
21:32to the deal of Scotland.
21:34Then, of course,
21:35we can act in a proper way.
21:37If not,
21:38then we have
21:39our countermeasures ready.
21:40Well, Mr. Lange,
21:41thank you so much.
21:42I know you had
21:42a very short night,
21:43so thank you.
21:44I appreciate it
21:44for joining us this morning.
21:46Thank you so much
21:47as well to you,
21:47Maria as well.
21:48And Bernd Lange,
21:48of course,
21:48will be having a busy day.
21:50He'll be speaking to the press
21:51a little bit later this morning
21:52for more news,
21:53of course,
21:53on that compromise.
21:54You can read
21:55yournews.com,
21:56but that does bring
21:56this edition of Europe Today
21:58to a close.
21:59Reach out to us
21:59at europetoday
22:00at yournews.com.
22:01That is our email address.
22:02But as always,
22:03thank you so much
22:04for tuning in.
22:04Take care of yourself
22:05and see you soon
22:06on Euronews.
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