EU’s Juncker says Trump promised to hold off on auto tariffs

Published February 20, 2019 3:22pm ET



European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said that President Trump promised that he wouldn’t impose tariffs on autos and auto parts imports from the EU for the time being.

“Trump gave me his word that there would be no tariffs for the time being,” Juncker told the Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten papers on Monday, according to a Reuters translation. Juncker did not indicate when Trump made the promise, but said: “I believe this pledge to be reliable.”

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