US ceasefire proposal, pursued by Trump, appears to be failing to make any further progress
Meanwhile over in Brussels, European Commission spokesperson Stefan de Keersmaecker confirmed that commission president Ursula von der Leyen spoke with US president Donald Trump on Sunday and they had “a good exchange,” without going into further details.
EU’s trade spokesperson Olof Gill offered a bit more colour, stressing “the EU has been completely unflinching and unchanging in its position.”
We want to reach a deal with the US. We want to avoid tariffs. We believe they cause pain. We want to achieve win-win outcomes, not lose-lose outcomes.
“We have been continuing political and technical level contact with the US on substance, our aim remains to find an agreement before 9 July at present.”Continue reading...