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1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Ben Sills

Russia has asked the US to let it buy Boeing Co. aircraft using money from billions of dollars in frozen state assets once there’s a ceasefire in Ukraine, according to a person in Moscow familiar with the matter. While the request isn’t a condition of agreeing to a truce, Russia understands that frozen funds can’t be used to buy the jets without a ceasefire being in place, the person said, asking not to be identified discussing internal matters.

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Ben Sills

BUSINESSBen SillsBloombergView Comments President Donald Trump rejected a European Union proposal to drop tariffs on all bilateral trade in industrial goods with the United States, meaning that his 20% tariff on all EU imports is due to come into force Wednesday. Speaking at the White House, Trump said the offer from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is not enough to reset the transatlantic trading relationship, accusing the EU of maintaining other barriers to trade.

2 weeks ago | hk.news.yahoo.com | Ben Sills

【彭博】-- 美國總統川普拒絕了歐盟提出的取消美歐之間工業品雙邊關稅的建議，這意味著他對所有歐盟進口商品徵收20%關稅的措施將於周三生效。 川普周一在白宮表示，歐盟委員會主席馮德萊恩提出的方案不足以重塑跨大西洋貿易關係，歐盟仍在維持其他貿易壁壘。 他說，「歐盟對我們非常不好。我們為保護他們承擔軍事開支，而他們在貿易上坑我們，這可不是個好搭檔。」 歐盟貿易官員一直在努力調整對美國關稅決定的回應方式，希望在展現強硬態度的同時，避免事態升級。 歐盟計畫下周初開始就如何反制全面關稅及針對汽車行業的加徵措施，與成員國和相關行業展開磋商。 歐盟委員會發言人Olof Gill周二表示，他們計畫先討論應對措施然後再拿出一套最終措施交由成員國投票表決。 川普周一的講話抨擊了歐洲的貿易政策，聲稱歐盟阻止了美國汽車和農產品的進入，並要求歐洲國家從美國購買更多能源。 川普說歐盟的成立是為了在貿易上真正對美國造成傷害，這就是它成立的原因。 但川普並沒有具體說明他在尋求什麼樣的讓步，歐盟官員也很難與美國官員接觸。自川普上任以來，馮德萊恩尚未與他會面。 原文標題Trump Dismisses...

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ben Sills

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2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ben Sills

President Donald Trump rejected a European Union proposal to drop tariffs on all bilateral trade in industrial goods with the US, meaning that his 20% tariff on all EU imports is due to come into force Wednesday. Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump said the offer from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is not enough to reset the transatlantic trading relationship, accusing the EU of maintaining other barriers to trade. “The European Union has been very bad to us,” he said.