I-US-EU

I-United States ifikelele kwisivumelwano kunye ne-European Union (EU) ukusombulula ingxabano yeminyaka emithathu malunga neerhafu zensimbi kunye ne-aluminium engeniswe kwi-bloc, amagosa ase-US athi ngoMgqibelo.

"Sifikelele kwisivumelwano kunye ne-EU egcina iirhafu ze-232 kodwa ivumela umthamo oqingqiweyo we-EU yentsimbi kunye ne-aluminium ukuba ingene kwi-US tariff-free," uNobhala wezoRhwebo wase-US uGina Raimondo uxelele iintatheli.

"Esi sivumelwano sibalulekile kuba siya kunciphisa iindleko kubavelisi baseMelika kunye nabathengi," kusho uRaimondo, esongeza iindleko zentsimbi kubavelisi kumashishini asezantsi ase-US aphindwe kathathu kunyaka odlulileyo.

Ukubuyisela, i-EU iya kulahla iirhafu zabo zokuziphindezela kwiimpahla zaseMelika, ngokutsho kukaRaimondo.I-EU yayimiselwe ukuba inyuse amaxabiso ngo-Dec 1 ukuya kwi-50 ekhulwini kwiimveliso ezahlukeneyo zase-US, kuquka izithuthuthu ze-Harley-Davidson kunye ne-bourbon evela eKentucky.

“Andiqondi ukuba sinokuyijongela phantsi indlela oqhwalela ngayo umrhumo wama-50 epesenti.Ishishini alinakuphila xa lihlawuliswa umyinge oziipesenti ezingamashumi amahlanu,” utshilo uRaimondo.

"Siye savuma ukumisa iingxabano ze-WTO ngokumelene nomnye ohambelana nezenzo ze-232," uMmeli wezoRhwebo wase-US uKatherine Tai uxelele iintatheli.

Ngeli xesha, "i-US kunye ne-EU baye bavuma ukuthetha-thethana ngelungiselelo lokuqala le-carbon-based based on metal and aluminium trade, kunye nokudala inkuthazo enkulu yokunciphisa i-carbon intensitety kwiindlela zokuvelisa intsimbi kunye ne-aluminium eveliswa ziinkampani zaseMelika kunye neYurophu," Watsho uTai.

UMyron Brilliant, usekela mongameli we-US Chamber of Commerce, uthe ngoMgqibelo kwingxelo yokuba isivumelwano sibonelela ngesiqabu kubavelisi baseMelika abakhathazwa kukunyuka kwamaxabiso entsimbi kunye nokunqongophala, "kodwa inyathelo elongezelelweyo liyafuneka".

"Iirhafu zeCandelo lama-232 kunye nezabelo zisahleli kwindawo ethengiweyo evela kwamanye amazwe amaninzi," utshilo uBrilliant.

Ukucaphula iinkxalabo zokhuseleko lwesizwe, ulawulo lwalowo owayenguMongameli uDonald Trump unilaterally wabeka intlawulo ye-25-pesenti kwimpahla yentsimbi kunye ne-10-pesenti yerhafu kwi-aluminium evela ngaphandle kwe-2018, phantsi kweCandelo lama-232 loMthetho woKwandiswa koRhwebo we-1962, ukudweba inkcaso eqinile ngaphakathi nangaphandle. .

Ukungaphumeleli ukufikelela kwisivumelwano kunye nolawulo lweTrump, i-EU yathatha ityala kwi-WTO kwaye yabeka iirhafu zokuziphindezela kwiimveliso zaseMelika.