The European Commissioner for Trade, Maros Sefcovic, stated this Friday that the trade link between the European Union and the United States is "stabilized," understanding that the agreement to limit tariffs "works," although open issues remain to be negotiated, such as the 50% levy that Washington maintains on purchases of European steel and aluminum and their derived products.
"Collaboration between the European Union and the United States remains fundamental. The relationship between both parties has largely stabilized and both the relationship and the current agreement are working," expressed the European negotiator on trade matters, at a press conference in Dublin at the end of an informal meeting of the ministers of the branch in the European Union.
Sefcovic pointed out that sales of European goods to the U.S. market have increased by 3.5%, reaching 55 billion euros, with an average volume in recent months of between 20 billion and 24 billion euros each month.
In this context, the commissioner, responsible for representing the EU in external trade policy, emphasized that the bloc "is fulfilling" the commitments of the Turnberry Declaration, the pact concluded in the summer of 2025 between Brussels and Washington and in force since July of this year, under which the EU renounced applying reciprocal tariffs as long as the United States maintained a limit of 15% on the surcharge imposed on imports from the Union.
"We must protect these advances while addressing pending issues, such as those concerning metals and their derivatives, and collaborating on common interests, such as critical minerals," added the European commissioner, who stated that he conveyed the same message in his recent contacts with his counterpart in the Trump Administration, Ambassador Jamieson L. Greer.
In the same appearance before the press, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and current presidency of the EU Council, Welen McEntee, highlighted that the trade ties between the EU and the United States are "the most important" for the community bloc and, therefore, defended the need to continue strengthening them.
"We all agree on the challenges that persist," she said in reference to what was discussed this Friday in Dublin among the Twenty-Seven, while adding that there is a "broad consensus" that "commitment and dialogue" is "the best way to move forward."