They suggest that the overall US strategy is to decouple from China, and that any country who wishes to have a trade deal with the US will also have to distance itself from Beijing. But senior Irish and EU sources dismissed any chance that the EU would change its standards on, for example, hormone-treated beef and chlorine-washed chicken. The US may impose these additional tariffs even though it wants to see trade negotiations completed within this period. [ Trump tariffs: EU and US meet for talks amid growing trade uncertaintyOpens in new window ]Yesterday Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris said that it would be “inappropriate” if the US were to impose further tariffs during negotiations. “The EU remains constructive and ready for a deal,” Mr Šefčovič said.
