Reuters — 2025-03-25
Automotive Industry
The European Union's trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic met with US President Donald Trump's top trade officials on 25 March to try to avoid steep US tariffs on EU goods next week, but results of the talks were unclear.
Sefcovic said he held "substantive talks" with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and top White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett.
Two previous discussions with the Trump officials had yet to alter Trump's plans to raise US import duties to match the rates charged by major trading partners and counteract their non-tariff trade barriers.