US and EU will cut from 8-50% import tax on some products

Published 2020년 8월 22일

Tridge summary

The US and European Union have reached an agreement to reduce tariffs on certain export products, with the EU reducing tariffs on US lobster and Washington reducing tariffs on EU imports such as glassware and pottery. The agreement, which is worth about $198 million, will be applied to all World Trade Organization members and is seen as a move to ease trade tensions between the two parties. The tax-cut package is the beginning of efforts to make transatlantic trade more free and fair, coming at a time of increasing trade disputes between the US and EU, including disputes over subsidies to aircraft manufacturers and Europe's digital taxation strategy on US technology corporations.
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A joint statement between the US and the European Union (EU) on August 21 announced that the two sides had reached an agreement on tax reduction policies for some of each other's export products, VNA reported. An EU official stated: “The importance of the agreement is that it produces some other positive results.” Under the agreement, the EU will reduce tariffs on 8-12% of lobster imports from the US, in Washington will then reduce tariffs on some EU imports by 50% such as glassware, pottery, disposable lighters and ready-to-eat food.This is a positive signal to cool down tensions between the US and EU in the field of trade Under the provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the tax reduction policy will be applied to all members of this organization, and the above products have been selected. to maximize mutual interests between the two sides The entire agreement between the US and EU is worth about $ 198 million According to News, the joint announcement of US Trade ...
Source: Vietnambiz

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