The European Union (EU) is gearing up to initiate talks with the U.S. president-elect’s transition team in an effort to minimize political uncertainty following Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday\u2019s U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n
According to the South China Morning Post<\/em> (SCMP), the EU is preparing a \u201cwish list\u201d for these negotiations. Key priorities include securing continued U.S. financial support for Ukraine and avoiding high tariffs on European imports.<\/p>\n However, Brussels has reportedly been informed of a clear expectation from Trump\u2019s team: EU support for stricter measures against China.<\/p>\n People familiar with these discussions indicated that the China-related demand was presented explicitly during preliminary talks with Republican officials prior to the election.<\/p>\n The European Commission has, in fact, been preparing for a Trump presidency for over a year. It has developed a series of retaliation plans, which include proposals to increase purchases of U.S. energy products to address the trade deficit and a tariff strategy targeting rates above 50% if negotiations stall.<\/p>\n Furthermore, Brussels is reportedly preparing for potential shifts in U.S. diplomatic policy, such as Trump\u2019s possible shift of China\u2019s diplomatic recognition from Beijing to Taipei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The European Union (EU) is gearing up to initiate talks with the U.S. president-elect’s transition team in an effort to minimize political uncertainty following Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday\u2019s U.S. presidential election. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the EU is preparing a \u201cwish list\u201d for these negotiations. Key priorities include securing continued […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[529,319,2518,3395,805,503,3398,3396,3397,1739,3394,3218],"class_list":["post-6031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy","tag-china","tag-donald-trump","tag-european-commission","tag-european-imports","tag-european-union","tag-headline","tag-political-uncertainty","tag-retaliation-plans","tag-tariff-strategy","tag-trade-deficit","tag-u-s-financial-support-for-ukraine","tag-u-s-presidential-election"],"yoast_head":"\n