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US tariff talks can't involve bargaining over EU rules, lawmaker Benifei says

By Oscar Pandiello ( March 18, 2025, 17:25 GMT | Insight) -- The EU's rulebooks can’t be used as bargaining chips in EU-US trade and tariff negotiations, influential lawmaker Brando Benifei warned today. Despite US threats, Benifei urged the European Commission to stand firm and not bring the bloc's digital regulations into negotiations. Leopoldo Rubinacci, a senior commission trade official, said the EU is ready to discuss companies' costs, but both parties must "sit down and negotiate" to do so.The EU's rulebooks can’t be used as bargaining chips in EU-US trade and tariff negotiations, influential lawmaker Brando Benifei warned today....

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