European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen criticized that the “selfish” approach of Trump’s to trade is not sustainable. And he emphasized to maintain rule-base trade with WTO reforms.
Katainen said “Japan, China and the EU are willing to reform the WTO, the U.S. has not been that interested, but they are willing to cooperate: He added: “Even though the U.S. authorities may think that selfishness is better than cooperation, it is not a sustainable way of thinking. We need better, rules-based trade in the future where the international community sets the rules”.
On trade negotiation with the US, he said “there are discussions going on on several levels and … we can end up having some sort of an agreement with the U.S. on trade, but let’s not go deeper than this”. He emphasized “it is too early to say that our trade discussions are doomed to fail.”
