The nations disrupt themselves how to react to the American trade war as the world markets indicate

Brussels (AP) – American trade partners fought with responses to the American president Donald TrumpPrice hike explosion And some planned to send negotiators to Washington, while the head of the executive committee of the European Union offered a mutual reduction in zero prices on certain goods.

“We are ready to negotiate with the United States,” said the chairman of the Ursula von der Leyen commission. “Indeed, we have offered zero for zero prices for industrial goods, as we have done with many other business partners. Because Europe is always ready for a good deal. ”

But she warned that “we are also ready to respond by countermeasures and defend our interests”.

China has already retaliated against the United States with reprisals and similar actions in Europe and elsewhere remain an important possibility.

The United States and the EU had zero zero-for-law agreement on wine and spirits from 1997 to 2018, and reducing numerous prices to zero was an objective of complex negotiations for an American free trade agreement before negotiations at the drop-off point in 2016, during the first mandate if the President Donald Trump.

However, there was little indication that Trump is ready to treat. The EU trade commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, spoke for two hours with the Trump administration on Friday and only said that “we remain in contact”.

And the Commercial Advisor of the White House, Peter Navarro, told CNBC on Monday that an offer of Vietnam to eliminate prices on American imports would not decide on the new 46% sample on its imports in the United States

“Let’s take Vietnam. When they come to us and say” we will go to zero prices “, that means nothing for us because it is the non -price cheating that counts,” said Navarro on CNBC

The large trading partner China has taken a more difficult line and accused the United States of “intimidation” after imposing a rate of 34% on Friday on all American goods, the same rate with China in its last series of new import taxes.

Several other countries have declared that they were sending trade officials to Washington to try to talk about the crisis, which threw an uncertainty about the global economic prospects, hammered markets And we have left us allies to question the value of their links with the greatest economy in the world.

The European Union trade ministers were closed in Luxembourg on Monday to assess the possible stages that could include taxes on American technological companies like Google, Apple and Amazon. The European Union Executive Commission – which manages the commercial problems of the 27 -country block – should impose prices on jeans, whiskey and motorcycles on Wednesday in response to the increase in steel and aluminum prices.

But he has not yet decided to response to the “reciprocal” tariff of 20% on European products announced on Wednesday and a 25% rate imposed on cars everywhere. French officials have raised prices imposing on services such as Internet trade or financial services, where the United States sells more than it buy from Europe and is in theory more than in the trade in goods.

The German Minister of Economy, Robert Habeck, was provocative upon his arrival, claiming that the premise of large -scale prices was “absurd” and that attempts by individual countries to win exemptions have not worked in the past.

It is important for the EU to stay together, he said. This “means being clear that we are in a strong position – America is in a position of weakness.”

Until now, the European approach has been to selectively target politically sensitive goods rather than imposing radical reprisals because, like most of the economists’ officials, they consider Tariff Wars as a loser-perceiving match.

China, who Back Friday In Washington with 34% prices on American products and other reprisal movements, strongly accused the United States Not to play right. “Putting the” first America “on international rules is a typical act of unilateralism, protectionism and economic intimidation,” said Foreign Affairs spokesman, Lin Jian.

The communist party in power struck a note of trust even though the markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai are crumple. “Heaven will not fall,” said the people’s daily life, the party’s official mouthpiece. “Faced with the blind blows of American taxes, we know what we do and we have tools at our disposal.”

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said that officials had met representatives of 20 American companies, including Tesla and Ge Healthcare during the weekend and urged them to take “concrete measures” to solve the tariff problem.

During the meeting, Ling Ji, vice-minister of trade, promised that China would remain open to foreign investments, according to the reading of the ministry.

Other Asian nations are looking for negotiations

The South Korea Ministry of the Trade of South Korea said that its first negotiator, Inkyo Cheong, will go to Washington this week to express Seoul ‘concerns about 25% prices on Korean products and discuss the means to mitigate damage to South Korean companies, which include the main car manufacturers and steel manufacturers. Asian countries are among the most exposed to Trump prices ranging from a reference of 10% to 50%, because their savings oriented towards exports send a lot of goods to the United States

Pakistan also planned to send a delegation to Washington this month to try to negotiate the 29% tariffs on its exports to the United States, officials said. The Prime Minister ordered the Minister of Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb to assess the potential impact of the price on Pakistan fragile economy and establish recommendations.

The United States imports approximately $ 5 billion in textiles and other products from Pakistan, which relies on loans of the International Monetary Fund, and other lenders, each year.

In Southeast Asia, Malaysian Minister of Commerce, ZAFRUL Abdul Aziz, said his country would seek to forge a united response from the Southeast Asian Nations at the Radical Trump prices.

As president of the organization of 10 countries this year, Malaysia will run a meeting Thursday in its capital Kuala Lumpur to discuss the broader implications of the trade war against regional trade and investment, ZAFRUL told journalists.

“We are examining investment flows, macroeconomic stability and anase coordinated response to this rate problem,” said ZAFRUL.

He said he had met the American ambassador to Malaysia to try to clarify how the United States has found its 24%tariff.

Indonesia plans to increase imports of us

Indonesia, one of the largest economies in the region, said it would work with companies to increase its imports of American wheat, cotton, oil and gas to help reduce its trade surplus, which was $ 18 billion in 2024.

The Coordination of the Minister of Economic Affairs, Airlanga Hartarto, told a press conference that Indonesia would not retaliate against the new 32% price on Indonesian exports, but would use diplomacy to seek mutually beneficial solutions.

Some neighbors in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, face prices over 40%, giving Indonesia a slight advantage, he noted.

“For Indonesia, this is also another opportunity because its market is enormous in America,” said Hartoto. He said Indonesia would buy American manufacturing components for several national strategic projects, including refineries.

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The journalists of Associated Press from all over the world contributed to this report.