The Trump administration’s top trade negotiator is warning Brussels that transatlantic trade could again become a “flashpoint” as Washington grows frustrated with the EU’s delays in implementing pledged tariff cuts.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told the Financial Times the bloc has been “slow” to reduce duties and ease regulations despite a deal struck in July between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
“Trade has always been a flashpoint,” Greer said. “They have many regulations and nontariff barriers that block our exports and reduce our effective market access over there, while we historically have had very broad access for them.
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