美歐貿易高官本星期再談關稅問題

President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. will be talking with European officials about eliminating tariffs it believes hurt the American economy.

Trump, in a Twitter remark, said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross plans to talk with European Union officials about what the president described as "large Tariffs and Barriers they use against the U.S.A."

He said the levies are "not fair to our farmers and manufacturers."

His tweet echoed comments this past weekend, when he said Europe has "wonderful countries who treat the U.S. very badly on trade."

Trump, representing the world's single largest economy, and officials of the 28-nation EU, collectively the biggest economy, have sparred over Trump's imposition of a new 25 percent tariff on steel imports to the U.S. and 10 percent on aluminum imports.

In response, EU officials have threatened to add taxes to an array of signature U.S. exports, including Harley Davidson motorcycles, blue jeans, bourbon, cranberries and orange juice.

Trump in turn has suggested that if the Europeans boost tariffs on U.S. products he would impose new levies on popular German cars exported to the U.S.

Europe's top trade official, Cecilia Malmstroem, said trade is being used "as a weapon to threaten and intimidate us."

"But we are not afraid, we will stand up to the bullies," she said.

Top U.S. and EU trade officials met Saturday in Brussels, but failed to iron out their differences. Malmstroem said talks would continue this week.美國總統川普星期一說，美國將跟歐盟官員討論他認爲傷害美國經濟的關稅問題舉行磋商。

川普在推特發文說，商務部長羅斯計劃跟歐盟官員討論總統所稱的“歐盟對美國徵收的高關稅和貿易壁壘”。

川普說，這些徵稅“對我們的農民和製造商不公平”。

川普的推文跟剛過去的這個週末他的表態基本一致，當時川普說，歐盟有“非常美好的國家，但他們在貿易上對美國非常糟糕。”

代表世界上最大單一經濟體的川普以及統稱爲最大經濟體的歐盟28個成員國的官員，在川普向進口鋼材和鋁材分別徵收25%和10%關稅後發生爭執。

作爲迴應，歐盟官員威脅要對進口自美國的標誌性商品加稅，這些商品包括哈雷摩托車、牛仔褲、波本威士忌、蔓越橘和橘子汁等。

川普於是暗示，如果歐盟對美國產品提高關稅，他就會對德國出口到美國的熱賣汽車徵收新稅。

歐盟最高貿易官員馬爾斯托姆表示，貿易正被用做威脅和恐嚇我們的手段。她說，但是我們不懼怕，我們將勇敢面對對我們欺侮。

美國、歐盟最高貿易官員星期六在布魯塞爾會面，但是沒有消除他們之間的分歧。馬爾斯托姆表示，本星期會繼續磋商。