IMelika isifinyelele esivumelwaneni ne-European Union (EU) sokuxazulula ingxabano yeminyaka emithathu mayelana nentela yentengo yensimbi ne-aluminium ephuma kule nhlangano, kusho izikhulu zaseMelika ngoMgqibelo.
"Sifinyelele isivumelwano ne-EU egcina amanani entengo angama-232 kodwa evumela amanani alinganiselwe ensimbi ne-aluminium ye-EU ukuthi angene e-US ngaphandle kwentela," uNobhala Wezohwebo wase-US u-Gina Raimondo etshela izintatheli.
"Lesi sivumelwano sibalulekile ngoba sizonciphisa izindleko kubakhiqizi nabathengi baseMelika," kusho uRaimondo, enezela izindleko zensimbi kubakhiqizi ezimbonini ezingezansi zase-US ziphindwe kathathu ngonyaka odlule.
Ngokubuyisela emuva, i-EU izokwehlisa amanani ayo okuphindisela ezimpahleni zaseMelika, ngokusho kukaRaimondo.I-EU bekumele inyuse amanani entengo ngomhlaka-1 kuZibandlela ukuya kumaphesenti angama-50 emikhiqizweni eyahlukene yase-US, okuhlanganisa izithuthuthu ze-Harley-Davidson kanye ne-bourbon evela eKentucky.
“Angicabangi ukuthi singakubukela phansi ukuthi intela engamaphesenti angama-50 ikhubaza kangakanani.Ibhizinisi alikwazi ukuphila ngokukhokhiswa kuka-50%,” kusho uRaimondo.
"Sivumile futhi ukumisa izingxabano ze-WTO sodwa eziphathelene nezenzo ezingama-232," kusho omele ezohwebo e-US uKatherine Tai etshela abezindaba.
Khonamanjalo, "i-US ne-EU bavumile ukuxoxisana ngohlelo lokuqala ngqa olusekelwe kukhabhoni ekuhwebeni kwensimbi ne-aluminium, nokudala izikhuthazo ezinkulu zokunciphisa ukushuba kwekhabhoni kuzo zonke izindlela zokukhiqiza insimbi ne-aluminium ekhiqizwa izinkampani zaseMelika nezaseYurophu," Kusho uTai.
UMyron Brilliant, iPhini likamongameli we-US Chamber of Commerce, uthe ngoMgqibelo esitatimendeni lesi sivumelwano sinikeza impumuzo kubakhiqizi baseMelika abahlushwa yintengo ekhuphukayo yensimbi nokushoda, "kodwa kusadingeka ezinye izinyathelo".
"Izintengo ze-Section 232 kanye ne-quota zisasebenza ngokuthengwa kwempahla evela kwamanye amazwe amaningi," kusho uBrilliant.
Ikhuluma ngokukhathazeka kwezokuphepha kuzwelonke, abaphathi balowo owayenguMongameli uDonald Trump babeka ngokungakhethi intela engamaphesenti angama-25 ekuthengisweni kwensimbi kwamanye amazwe kanye nentela engamaphesenti ayi-10 ekuthengisweni kwe-aluminium ngo-2018, ngaphansi kweSigaba 232 soMthetho Wokunwetshwa Kwezohwebo ka-1962, okudonsela ukuphikiswa okuqinile ngaphakathi nangaphandle. .
Ihlulekile ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni nabaphathi bakaTrump, i-EU yayisa udaba ku-WTO futhi yabeka intela yokuziphindiselela ezinhlobonhlobo zemikhiqizo yaseMelika.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-01-2021