Warsaw | The European Union wants to engage swiftly with the United States over President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs, trade chief Maros Sefcovic said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT), while his boss Ursula von der Leyen forecast negotiations with Washington would be tough.
Mr Sefcovic, speaking at a meeting of EU ministers, said he wanted “early engagement” and was awaiting confirmations of the appointment of Mr Trump’s picks for commerce secretary, financier Howard Lutnick, and for US trade representative, Jamieson Greer.
