During Tuesday's White House press briefing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent answered questions about U.S. negotiations with the EU about tariffs.
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00:00Do you have any updates on the negotiation with the European Union?
00:03And is it hard to negotiate with the European Union?
00:06MR. Pardon?
00:07Do you have any updates on the negotiation with the European Union?
00:11MR. I'm more involved in the Asian negotiations.
00:15My observation would be – goes all the way back to Henry Kissinger's statement,
00:19when I call Europe, who do I call?
00:21So we're negotiating with a lot of different interests.
00:26Some of the European countries have put on an unfair digital service tax on our big internet
00:31provider.
00:32France and Italy, other countries, Germany and Poland, don't have that.
00:37So we want to see that unfair tax of one of America's great industries removed.
00:45So it's going to be a give and take.
00:47So they have some internal matters to decide before they can engage in an external negotiation.