EU trade chief says US talks 'advancing in the right direction'
The EU's trade chief said Wednesday that talks with the United States were "advancing in the right direction at pace" -- with one month to go until 50-percent U.S. tariffs on European goods take effect.
The European Union's trade commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, wrote on the X platform that he "had a productive and constructive discussion" with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Paris.
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