EU calls for US 'swift return' to agreed tariff terms as trade chiefs meet
By Cynthia Kroet ( May 5, 2026, 16:36 GMT | Insight) -- EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič met his US counterpart Jamieson Greer on Tuesday and called for a “swift return” to 15 percent tariff terms of the EU-US trade deal provisionally struck last summer, in the wake of fresh US threats to raise duties on EU cars and trucks. The two sides agreed to "step up engagement at both the political and technical levels", the European Commission said in a statement.An agreement for tariffs of 15 percent under the EU-US trade deal provisionally struck last summer must be respected, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič urged in a meeting with US counterpart Jamieson Greer on Tuesday in the wake of a US threat of additional duties on EU cars and trucks....
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