{"id":18119,"date":"2025-04-14T02:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T02:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18119\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T02:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T02:38:09","slug":"mitsotakis-reiterates-call-for-mutually-beneficial-eu-us-trade-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18119\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsotakis reiterates call for mutually beneficial EU\u2013US trade agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed optimism in his regular Sunday post that a mutually beneficial trade agreement between the European Union and the United States can be found. It was the second time this week Mitsotakis reiterated the statement, following a Breitbart interview that prompted a positive reaction from Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can find a \u2018win-win\u2019 solution when it comes to trade between Europe and the United States,\u201d Mitsotakis said. \u201cA solution that would be mutually beneficial \u2013 a zero-tariff agreement, for example, between the EU and the US.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he welcomed signs of openness from Washington, noting recent announcements of tariff suspension as a positive step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pleased to hear President Trump express agreement with the Greek proposal, and of course, we, as the EU, welcome his announcement of a three-month suspension of the tariff policy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsotakis further highlighted Greece\u2019s stance in advocating for a coordinated European response, warning against measures that could lead to further tensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreece consistently insisted from the outset on a unified response from the EU \u2013 one that would assess the new circumstances with composure and moderation, avoiding knee-jerk reactions and needless escalation,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also reaffirmed Greece\u2019s economic resilience and readiness to confront emerging global challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith stability and determination, we will overcome this difficult period and emerge even stronger,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed optimism in his regular Sunday post that a mutually beneficial trade agreement between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,1699,12072,6655,285,1201],"class_list":{"0":"post-18119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-european-union","12":"tag-foreign-affairs","13":"tag-kyriakos-mitsotakis","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-trade"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114334001444637715","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}