European Council President Donald Tusk has urged the United States to resume trade talks amid an impending trade dispute between the two blocs, following US President Donald Trump's decision last week to impose tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on steel. in aluminum imports.
"Trade, not war, Mr. President," Tusk told Trump after talks in Helsinki today with Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipil..
The President-in-Office stressed that the US President's proposal was "a bad omen for transatlantic relations" and stressed the need for a "return to EU-US trade talks at this time". "When the president complains about a lot of EU-US tariffs, I understand him. "We are not happy either," he told reporters.
He also reminded of the historical ties between Europe and the United States and noted that Trump has stated that "true friends will be excluded from the proposed measures." "I want to emphasize today that the free world has survived the most difficult decades only because Europeans and Americans have been true friends, so let us nurture this friendship, not challenge it," he added.