0:19 – Trump and Juncker defuse crisis between Washington and Brussels

Donald Trump and European Chief Executive Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday defused the crisis created by US tariffs, announcing a series of decisions in agriculture, industry and energy the exact scope of which remains to be confirmed

According to a European source, no new customs tariff will be imposed on imports of European cars into the United States, a particularly sensitive issue for Berlin.

Speaking of a " day "for free trade, the US president has evoked, from the White House gardens, a" new phase "in relations between Washington and Brussels after months of warnings and threats from both sides of the

Pointing out their common desire to eventually move towards the elimination of tariffs in their industrial exchanges, with the exception of the automotive sector, he badured that the European Union "etenne was going to start" almost immediately "to buy" a lot of soy "from the American producers. He also promised to revisit the issue of US tariffs on steel and aluminum European, which had ignited the powder ..

– "A breakthrough" –

The German Minister of Economy Peter Altmaier immediately hailed on Twitter this "breakthrough" that "can avert a trade war and save millions of jobs."

"We reached an agreement today," badured M Juncker, who stressed the EU's intention to increase its imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to diversify its energy supply.

Earlier, early head in the Oval Office, he insisted that the United States and the EU, which account for half of world trade, were "close partners", "allies", not "enemies"

Qualified by Mr. Trump as a "very intelligent" but also "very hard" man, the euro leader "A boost to energy cooperation"

A few hours earlier, from Johannesburg, South Africa, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart that no one would come out "winner" of a trade war.

Proof of the turmoil related to the US President's standoff: his administration announced Tuesday an emergency of 12 billion dollars intended for the farmers affected by the reprisals to the tariffs decreed by Washington against China, the European Union or Canada.

– Reform the WTO –

The American president also announced that the United States and the European Union would work from concert to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO), referring in particular to China in the visor, the theft of intellectual property and the forced transfer of technology. [196] 59002] "We will work closely together with like-minded partners to reform the WTO and tackle the problem of unfair trade practices including theft of intellectual property, forced technology transfer, industrial subsidies, distortions created by state enterprises and overcapacity, "said the US president.

On the eve of the meeting, the tenant of the White House had once again denounced the attitude of Europe to which he has since reserved several months his sharpest arrows.

Rejoicing, in the willingly provocative tone he likes, that the countries covered by the tariffs "all come to Washington to negotiate," Donald Trump insists that his strategy will ultimately not carry its fruits and that "the end result will be worth it".

But the approach is far from unanimous in the Republican camp, traditionnell

"I do not think tariffs are the right answer," Republican House Leader Paul Ryan said Tuesday.

The latter is from Wisconsin , Which is home to the Harley-Davidson headquarters. The famous motorcycle builder has warned that the trade war between the United States and its partners will trim its margins in 2018.

Like him, many elected officials of the "Grand Old Party" are worried about the possible impact of the presidential crusade on the mid-term elections scheduled for November