Trump urges European Union to make unilateral concessions European Union adheres to "principle of reciprocity"

According to the Financial Times, people familiar with the matter said that Trump's trade negotiators are forcing the European Union to unilaterally cut tariffs on US goods, saying that without concessions, the European Union will not be able to make progress in the negotiations, which means that the European Union will face more tariffs. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer plans to inform European Union Trade Commissioner Sefcovic today that the European Union's recent "explanatory note" for the negotiations has not met US expectations. The United States is unhappy that the European Union only proposed that the two sides reduce tariffs together, rather than promising unilateral tax cuts like other trading partners. In addition, the European Union did not include its proposed digital tax in the negotiations as requested by the United States. According to people familiar with the matter, the European Union has been pushing for a mutually agreed framework text for negotiations, but there are still significant differences in the positions of the two sides.