France feels snubbed about a deal between the US and Australia. Apparently this has implications for the EU as a whole with the United States.
Against the background of the broken sale of French submarines to Australia, it is now in the room that the EU is postponing planned top-level talks with the US government on trade and technology policy.
The current Slovenian EU Council Presidency initially took the preparations for the meeting off the agenda for a meeting of the EU ambassadors in Brussels on Wednesday, according to the preliminary agenda.
Actually, high-ranking representatives of the EU Commission and the US government wanted to coordinate the joint approach on important global trade, economic and technology issues at the first European-American trade and technology council in Pittsburgh next week (September 29). Vice-Presidents Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis were to attend for the EU Commission, which would represent the EU states at the meeting. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Trade Representative Katherine Tai were announced for the US government.
The relationship between the EU and the USA is now strained by the latest submarine deal. Last week, Australia agreed to build nuclear-powered submarines as part of a three-way pact with the United States and Great Britain and terminated a € 56 billion contract with Paris in 2016. EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen asked for information about what had happened and why. You need clarity before you can return to “business as usual”.
A spokesman for the EU Commission did not rule out on Tuesday that the EU-US meeting could be postponed. Analyze possible effects on the date.
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