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BRIEF: Trade Reactions Must Be Proportionate-EU's Dombrovskis

The EU should react to any new US trade moves in a precise and proportionate way

MNI (BRUSSELS) - The European Union should react to any move by the incoming U.S. Trump administration to impose tariffs in a coordinated, precise and proportionate way, Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Thursday.

The Commissioner said there had been "quite broad agreement" among EU trade ministers in talks that there should be "constructive engagement" with the U.S., saying that old trade disputes should not be reopened and that new ones should be avoided. (See MNI: EU Wields Anti-Coercion Tool, Aims At Trump Deal-Sources)

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MNI (BRUSSELS) - The European Union should react to any move by the incoming U.S. Trump administration to impose tariffs in a coordinated, precise and proportionate way, Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Thursday.

The Commissioner said there had been "quite broad agreement" among EU trade ministers in talks that there should be "constructive engagement" with the U.S., saying that old trade disputes should not be reopened and that new ones should be avoided. (See MNI: EU Wields Anti-Coercion Tool, Aims At Trump Deal-Sources)