The new United States Government led by Joe Biden does not consider it necessary to modify or amend

tariffs on European products, including Spanish olives

, which were approved by the Donald Trump Executive in the framework of the dispute over subsidies to Airbus.

"The United States Trade Representative, together with the affected industry, has agreed that it

is unnecessary at this time to review the action

of the investigation into compliance with United States rights in the World Trade Organization dispute over subsidies. to commercial airplanes ", assured the organism of the country in the edition of Friday of the Federal Register, the equivalent to the BOE of Spain.

During the election campaign, Biden assured that he did not plan to reverse the commercial actions that Donald Trump had taken, but that he would review them when he took office.

In early February, the new president decided to reactivate tariffs on aluminum imports from the United Arab Emirates, which Trump had removed at the end of his term.

The United States approved tariffs of between 10% and 25% on a range of European imports, from civil aviation products to agricultural products.

These taxes, authorized by the WTO by subsidies to Airbus, mainly affect Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Spain,

taxing sectors such as cheese, oil, wine or olives

.

Planas understands the "concern" of the sector

For his part, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has recognized the "concern" of the affected sectors after learning that the Biden Administration does not consider it necessary to modify or amend tariffs.

"I understand the concern of the sector and those affected, but the organization of the new Administration takes a while. I am convinced that in the first European contacts, both by the EC and the bilateral ones of Spain, with the new US Administration

this issue will be present and sooner or later we will get the elimination of these unfair tariffs

", Planas assured during the presentation of the Tierra de Cajamar platform.

The head of the branch recalled that the publication in the Federal Register (the equivalent of the US BOE) of the United States decision not to review the tariffs currently in force has been known in these days.

"We are in contact with the European Commission, to which I have reiterated the issue,

so that between now and August

, the date of the next review, and the sooner the better, the elimination of these unfair tariffs can be negotiated with the US," he said. underlined, stressing that this issue is a "priority" for Brussels.

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