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The European Commission proposes a three-year delay on tariffs on electric vehicles that are sold to, or imported from, Britain that was due to apply from January. The commission, the EU's executive arm, says it decided a one-off extension after the automotive industry raised concerns about the massive costs that would arise from a post-Brexit 10-percent tariff. Maros Sefcovic, EU Commission Vice President, calls the proposal "balanced and forward-looking" which "supports the competitiveness of our industry and protect jobs in the European Union" SOUNDBITE
Paris (France), Feb 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Luis Miguel Pascual) "Why do we have to pay for this trade war?" asks Anaïs Bareau, manager of a small French winery, restless about the tariff of the 25% on European wine announced by the president of the United States, Donald Trump.FOOTAGE OF VINEXPO.SOUNDBITES OF:Louis-Fabrice Latour:1. "The sector wants a fund of 300 million euros to support thesector, after the rate-related adventures in the United States.We must convince Europe, the French government. It is the idea thatwe have in the sector ".2. "We believe that we have nothing to do with the disputebetween Airbus and Boeing, we are a collateral victim, we have tohave compensation. "3. "The 300 million would allow us to get through this and deal with it."4. "It is the main concern. There is Brexit,coronavirus, but the United States is our main market forexport, with 20%. "
Soldiers of the British Coldstream Guard, wearing their traditional "bearskin" tall fur cap, take part in the changing of the Republican Guard on the steps of the presidential palace in Paris, to celebrate 120 years of Entende Cordiale agreements between France and the UK. IMAGES
Police watch as farmers makes their goodbyes before leaving the portion of A1 motorway at Chennevieres-les-Louvres, near Paris international airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle, they had blocked off with tractors. IMAGES
French farmers are beginning to dismantle their campsite on the A6 motorway at Chilly-Mazarin, in Paris southern suburbs. Farmers' largest unions FNSEA and Young Farmers have called for the blockades to be lifted following the new measures announced by the government. IMAGES
Tractors continued to block the A6 motorway at Chilly-Mazarin, some ten kilometres (6 miles) from Rungis wholesale food market, Paris' key food supply hub. Farmers union Coordination Rurale who had called for the blockade, now sent out the directive to go "towards the National Assembly" in Paris instead. IMAGES
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