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Europe Today: Trump imposes new tariffs as EU agrees fresh sanctions on Russia
US President Donald Trump is imposing a new wave of tariffs on trading partners, including the EU, with levies ranging between 10 and 12.5%. Bernd Lange, the EU Parliament top lawmaker on trade, reacts to this measure. Also in Brussels: The EU has agreed a new round of sanctions against Russia.
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US President Donald Trump is imposing a new wave of tariffs on trading partners, including the EU, with levies ranging between 10 and 12.5%. Bernd Lange, the EU Parliament top lawmaker on trade, reacts to this measure. Also in Brussels: The EU has agreed a new round of sanctions against Russia.
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00:14Good morning, it's Friday the 24th of July. I'm Maret Gwyn and you're watching Europe Today,
00:20your morning dose of European news and analysis live here on Euronews.
00:26Coming up today, the US administration is imposing a fresh wave of tariffs of between 10% and 12.5
00:34%
00:34on imports from around 80 trading partners, including the EU, UK, Canada and Japan.
00:41The move marks another escalation in President Donald Trump's trade agenda as he sidesteps a Supreme Court ruling earlier this
00:49year
00:50that struck down many of his previous tariffs.
00:52We speak to the EU's top lawmaker on trade, Bernd Lange.
00:57And in other news, oil prices have spiked again, hitting $100 per barrel for the first time since May
01:03as the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels strike tankers in the Red Sea.
01:09US President Donald Trump has said he will hold Iran responsible for those attacks
01:14and that he is considering launching a massive attack on the country.
01:20And at least 20,000 people have been evacuated from their homes as wildfires spread in the southwest of France.
01:28Spain and Italy are also battling wildfires as the heat continues to grip southern Europe.
01:36But first, we're going straight to our top story this morning.
01:39US President Donald Trump is imposing a new wave of tariffs on trading partners, including a 10% duty on
01:47the EU.
01:48The European Commission has said these tariffs are in line with the EU-US trade deal struck last year.
01:54The US administration has also reacted to the EU's €890 million fine on Google yesterday
02:00with trade representative Jameson Greer saying that the EU is driving massive uncertainty for US exporters
02:07and jeopardizing the EU-US trade deal struck a year ago.
02:12Well, Bernd Lange is the European Parliament's top lawmaker on trade
02:16and was the lead negotiator on the EU-US trade pact.
02:20He's been in Washington this week and I caught up with him earlier this morning
02:25and I started by asking him where Trump's new tariffs leaves the EU-US trade deal.
02:31In principle, I guess with this new tariffs, we respect the deal.
02:37And this was also one of my major tasks for this week in Washington
02:42to convince everybody, regardless of what else is in the air, that we stick to the deal.
02:49Yet, you know, this, many would say, is arbitrary.
02:53Many would say that Trump is sidestepping Congress, sidestepping the Supreme Court's ruling
02:58to find new ways to impose tariffs.
03:01Does that worry you that there will be more fresh rounds of levies targeting the EU again?
03:08I think you are quite right.
03:12So Trump and the administration are looking always to solutions for some kind of basis.
03:18So now this forced labor issue, so that we as Europeans are not respecting the fight against forced labor.
03:25It's crazy.
03:26We have a wonderful legislation, even stronger than the United States has.
03:31But nevertheless, it's not my job to judge about that.
03:35I guess the courts in the United States will judge about that.
03:38And I hope that after the midterms in November, the Congress will take over a little bit more.
03:45Like it is written down in the Constitution of the United States, Article 1, Paragraph 8,
03:52trade policy is in the hands of the Congress.
03:56So I hope this will give also additional stability.
04:00The U.S. administration has fiercely criticized an EU decision to fine Google under its digital rules yesterday.
04:09Jameson Greer, the trade representative, saying this jeopardizes the EU-U.S. trade deal,
04:14calling also for a ceasefire, suggesting that the EU-U.S. are in some kind of trade war.
04:21Do you fear more retaliation now from the U.S.?
04:25More or less, in all of my talks here in Washington, this DMA and DSA, the digital regulation in Europe,
04:34has played a role.
04:36And there was a little bit of fear that because of the fine against Google,
04:42this tariff regime starting today would change.
04:46Luckily not.
04:48But the statement from Nelson Greer was quite clear,
04:53and a lot of others talked in the same direction.
04:59But of course for us it's not mixed.
05:02So we have the tariff, the deal of Scotland,
05:05and we have some regulation where everybody,
05:08not only U.S. companies, but also Europeans,
05:11whatever Indian companies, has to respect it.
05:15And this I try to make clear as well.
05:19But nevertheless, DMA and DSA is in the focus in the United States.
05:25And to be honest, I expect that some action will come.
05:32The EU's top trade lawmaker, Bernd Langewehr.
05:37Moving on now, the EU has agreed a new round of sanctions against Russia
05:42after weeks of frantic negotiations.
05:44Our correspondent, Jorge Liberero, joins me now to discuss the final result,
05:49which I think we can say, Jorge, has been watered down.
05:51So tell us what's in and what's out.
05:53Yes, we're going to see the elements now on the screen of what's inside this package.
05:57And I want to highlight especially that the price cap on Russian oil
06:01has been frozen at $44 per barrel,
06:05which is good news for the European Commission.
06:07This is estimated to cost Russia 3.5 billion euros in the next 12 months.
06:13So an important measure.
06:15We see other elements now very financial, you know,
06:18very focused on the military complex as well.
06:21But I also have to say that several elements fell apart during the negotiations.
06:26Fisheries removed because of Portugal and Germany.
06:30Patriarch Kyrill removed because of Bulgaria.
06:33And an entry ban on Russian soldiers, which was to be the striking element of this package,
06:39was watered down into a legal basis because of objections from France and Italy.
06:45And, Jorge, Greece almost derailed this package.
06:47They were demanding exemptions.
06:49Did they get what they wanted?
06:50Interestingly, Greece won the battle because they did get the exemption
06:55to continue transport of Russian LNG after this year.
06:59This exemption comes with three conditions.
07:01The transport needs to happen to non-EU clients,
07:06needs to happen with contracts signed before the war,
07:09and needs to happen below volumes of 2025.
07:13So these conditions are meant to limit the derogation in practice.
07:17But at the same time, this is a major victory for Athens.
07:21It's a very controversial request.
07:22Indeed, Jorge, very briefly, what are your main takeaways?
07:25You followed all the packages.
07:27This is the 21st, your main takeaways.
07:30Yes, my main takeaways are the Commission is running out of ideas, as we saw with FISH.
07:35The second is that the threshold for economic pain is going down,
07:38as we saw with Greece and maritime transport.
07:40And the third one is that after Viktor Orban left Hungary,
07:43member states need to speak louder to defend their national interest.
07:47The veto power is still alive and kicking.
07:50Yes, indeed, Jorge, we did see that this week.
07:53Thank you so much for the analysis.
07:54And as we heard there, this latest package of sanctions has raised questions
07:58about how national economic interests could be undermining political will
08:03to keep tightening sanctions on Russia.
08:05Well, I'm now joined live by Ukraine's Presidential Commissioner for Sanctions Policy,
08:10Vladislav Blaschuk.
08:11Very good to have you with us, sir.
08:13Listen, we know that limiting Russia's ability to generate revenues from energy is crucial.
08:19What do you make of the fact that we now have a country, Greece,
08:21which has been able to get an exemption and will continue to make revenue
08:25from shipping Russian LNG?
08:33I believe we might have some issues connecting to the Presidential Commissioner for Sanctions there.
08:40Perhaps, Jorge, we can come back to you while we're waiting to reconnect to Kiev there.
08:45So, as you said, this threshold for economic pain is going down.
08:50We've seen that with Greece in a different way with Bulgaria opposing the sanctioning of Patrick Kirill.
08:55And you said you see this potentially becoming an issue as we move into the future.
08:59Now, we're looking to the 22nd package.
09:01There have been many packages of sanctions, Mary.
09:03We need to be honest here.
09:05And this is the fifth year of the war.
09:07So, member states are also tired of making that many sacrifices when it comes to their economy.
09:13And Russia used to be one of our largest trading partners.
09:16So, we need to keep that in mind of how much the economy has changed.
09:20Jorge, I believe we can cross back to Kiev and to Ukraine's Presidential Commissioner for Sanctions.
09:25So, I'm very sorry for the technical issues.
09:27Good to have you with us.
09:28So, first, can you tell us how you respond now to the fact that Greece has negotiated a special exemption
09:34to the sanctions package
09:35and will continue to make revenue from shipping Russian LNG?
09:46No, I believe we cannot connect with Vladislav Vlasiuk.
09:51Can you hear me, sir?
09:52Can we try once more?
09:56Yes.
09:57Yes.
09:58Good.
09:59Okay.
10:00Let's move on.
10:01We hope to bring back Vladislav Vlasiuk.
10:06Jorge, let's bring you in again.
10:08Glad to have you with me at my side this morning.
10:11Always for sanctions available.
10:13Perhaps briefly on the fisheries issue.
10:16Has that now been completely discarded?
10:18Do you think there will be another attempt?
10:19It's an interesting question.
10:21I think for the time being they will not try again because it was shut down completely.
10:25And the Commission doesn't like when their proposals are shut down in this way and then completely removed.
10:29They can tolerate that a proposal is watered down like other elements in this package,
10:34but they do not like when it's completely shut down.
10:36So, I think for the time being fisheries, we're not going to hear Ursula von der Leyen talk about again
10:41Kort and Polak anytime soon.
10:44Okay, Jorge.
10:45Thank you so much.
10:46And we apologise for those technical issues to our viewers there.
10:49Now, we're moving on because nine members of the European Parliament travelled to China this week
10:55in a bid to thaw years of frozen relations between the EU institution and Beijing.
11:00But with a record trade imbalance and China accused of being an enabler of Russia's aggression in Ukraine,
11:06the visit raises as many questions as it hopes to answer.
11:09Our EU correspondent, Angela Scudgen, spoke to European Parliament Vice President Javi López,
11:15who was part of that trip, and began by asking him why now.
11:20What we want is to relaunch our relations and defend the European interests,
11:24especially address our difference and explore and use our areas of cooperation.
11:31Obviously, multilateralism, the defence of the rules-based order, international law,
11:35the United Nations chapter, fight against climate change,
11:39and ensure that we have economic governance, that it's balanced, that it's stable,
11:45that it's full of certainty, it's in our mutual interest.
11:49But at the same time, we want to address our differences,
11:52especially the war in Ukraine and how China could play a stronger role to find a solution
11:59and a peace after the brutal aggression, and obviously tackling trade and trade imbalance,
12:07that it's important concern for the European public opinion, for the European economy,
12:14trying to ensure that we have full access to the Chinese.
12:16And maybe if we look at Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and China's support
12:20for that, as well as the eye-watering trade deficit in China's favour,
12:25how did the MEPs on this trip communicate regarding these points?
12:30And was the message received? How did the Chinese react?
12:33We're extremely consistent during all our meetings, repeating these two messages.
12:40The need of a full implication of China on the solution, resolution of a just peace for Ukraine,
12:50and especially underlining how the brutal invasion, illegal invasion, unjustifiable invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine
13:00is attacking all the European architecture of security.
13:05And at the same time, we also are backing, supporting, pushing in the ongoing negotiations
13:12that the European Commission has with China, with Commissioner Shevkovic, related to trade.
13:21A few weeks ago, they had an important meeting in Brussels with a joint press conference.
13:27This will continue this autumn, especially on October.
13:30And you mentioned that October deadline.
13:32This is the month allocated by the European Commission for Trade, Maros Shevkovic,
13:37to establish some kind of conclusion when it comes to this trade deficit.
13:43And the inference here is that if China doesn't come to the table,
13:47and if agreement isn't found, that the EU will act.
13:51You've been on the ground in China.
13:53How do you think that they will respond to these hardball tactics come October?
13:58Well, they have their arguments on that, about the application of the World Trade Organization rules.
14:05But we are insisting on our unsustainable reality for us, politically and economically,
14:13that it's this size, this volume of trade surplus of China, trade unbalance,
14:20that it's one billion per day, that it has to be addressed.
14:24And we should find mechanism, solutions on this regard.
14:28And is the solution triggering the trade bazooka?
14:31Well, we have our negotiations ongoing.
14:34And what we expect is results and deliver solutions through these negotiations,
14:40through dialogue and cooperation.
14:44That was the European Parliament's Vice President Javi López.
14:48And just like that, it's time for us to say goodbye for the summer.
14:53This is our final episode of Europe Today, before we take a short break.
14:57We've shared 155 mornings with you here on Eronews,
15:02so a big thank you goes to you, our viewers, for tuning in.
15:06We've brought you conversations with leaders, ministers and top lawmakers.
15:11So, before we go, let's take a look back at some of the moments
15:15that defined this season on Europe Today.
15:17That is absurd and ridiculous.
15:20Spain has a coherent foreign policy.
15:23We have supported Ukraine more than the United States.
15:26This is not a product to deregulate.
15:28This is a product to modernize.
15:30Clearly, Montenegro is doing very well.
15:33We have already approved the working party to start drafting the accession treaty.
15:38Dying flamingos, depressed turtles.
15:41Russia is losing ground on the battlefield.
15:44It's losing ground diplomatically.
15:46It was hoping for a long time to divide Europeans.
15:48We've seen exactly the opposite.
15:50And did you discuss Donald Trump's Board of Peace?
15:52Most European countries cannot join.
15:54We haven't seen Russia really taking the talk seriously.
15:57Russia keeps on bombing.
15:59When you don't have much money, invest wisely.
16:02This is the mother of all trade deals.
16:04It's something the commission loves to say.
16:06But four Europeans were watching Euronews today and they go, what does that mean?
16:09This is the largest trade deal ever.
16:12Why is Putin deciding to target Latvia in this hybrid war at this moment?
16:18Because he's losing in Ukraine.
16:20Simple.
16:20Yeah, Russia is sending its message that they want to continue this war.
16:25GDP per capita in Germany, the industrial giant of Europe, is now below that of the state
16:31of West Virginia.
16:32What I feel these days is that I'm more proud than ever to be European.
16:37But your party has been tinkering away at the Green Deal, rolling back parts of the Green
16:41Deal.
16:41My party is the Ursula von der Leyen party.
16:43My party is a party who did the Green Deal.
16:45Being gay is not a choice, but being homophobic is a choice.
16:48I don't think we will go back to the times where things were more peaceful.
16:52I think in these situations, everybody reacts more abruptly than usual.
16:56Yes, Russia is an enemy.
16:58They're attacking a European country.
17:00We think that 2026 should be the year when dictatorships are over.
17:04Trump is desperate for a deal and they have maneuvered him.
17:07They've played him like a violin.
17:09Europe is the only playground within which member states, nations, even France can actually
17:14play a significant role.
17:18Just a taste there of the voices we've heard on Europe Today over the past months.
17:23And now our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, joins me in the studio.
17:27Maria, good morning.
17:27It's been a busy season for you.
17:29What are your reflections?
17:31I look for all of us, Mered.
17:32And I think when we began to work on this show, Europe Today, and this revamp of Euronews,
17:38and Euronews undeniably has been a staple of European broadcasting now for more than three
17:42decades, but we know the world is changing and we're seeing dramatic structural changes,
17:48very rough geopolitics.
17:50And we set out to answer two fundamental questions.
17:53And that is, what does it mean for Europe?
17:55And what does it mean for Europeans?
17:58And look, whether we did a good job or not, ultimately that belongs to our viewers and our
18:03readers.
18:03But I think when you look at that clip that you just played, it does show the commitment,
18:09the very hard work, the responsibility of our newsroom.
18:13We take our editorial standards incredibly seriously.
18:15We take our independence incredibly seriously.
18:18And we take this idea of putting a story from a very unique European perspective every
18:23day, 155 episodes.
18:24You know, that's a lot of work.
18:25We take it very seriously.
18:27And of course, we can only thank our EU news team.
18:30That is the core of our operations here in Brussels.
18:33They broke news.
18:34They delivered stories.
18:35They committed to original reporting.
18:37Our team of correspondents, I think if you watch Europe Today, you've seen them all across
18:41Europe talking to the right people and the right story that day.
18:45Some very, very difficult hours or capitals.
18:47And that is the joy of Euronews, our very vast network of European correspondents all across
18:52the continent.
18:53Of course, our team that you don't see on camera, but they do a very important job behind
18:59the scenes.
18:59And that is our production, our technical team, our cameraman, our producers, digital
19:04producers, executive producers, Paul and Nico, Maeve, of course, our chief anchor who's
19:09been doing great work for us this season and also this week in Dublin and our hair and
19:14makeup, the entire team that comes together to deliver a story and also capture this European
19:18zeitgeist.
19:19And Merit, look, at this point, I cannot say too much.
19:23Ultimately, this is TV, but I got to tease it.
19:25We are in television.
19:26This is the business of TV.
19:28But we are working on new formats and new projects.
19:31We set out on a path and we're going to double down on this path come September.
19:34We read and appreciate all the feedback that we get from our viewers, all the emails and
19:40suggestions that they make.
19:41We take all of this into account.
19:42And look, we cannot wait to be back in September.
19:44And it's also been great to work with you.
19:46You're very talented.
19:47You have a great future ahead of you.
19:48So, you know, it's a privilege and I'm very happy to have been on the show with all of
19:52you.
19:52Well, thank you so much to you as well, Maria, for all your leadership, of course.
19:56And that brings us to the end of this show.
19:59We'll be back, as Maria said, after the summer, ready to do it all again.
20:03Until then, on behalf of everyone here at Europe Today and Euronews, thank you for making
20:07us part of your mornings and we'll see you very soon.
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