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| - The EU is seeking a clear commitment that the US will end tariffs on steel and aluminium by December 1 and resolve a row that has marred ties since the Trump administration, according to a draft of summit conclusions seen by AFP on Tuesday. At a summit on June 15, President Joe Biden and EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel will also agree to deepen cooperation in regulating big tech, according to the draft, which is still being haggled over. There are high hopes that the meeting, which will closely follow a G7 meeting in Britain and a NATO summit also in Brussels, will foster deeper ties after four years of former US president Donald Trump's protectionist policies that often targeted Europe. The conclusions will also refer to China, a shared concern of the EU and US that will jointly call for an embrace of democratic values and human rights on the international stage. In language that has yet to be finalised and could change, the Europeans want both sides to "commit to work towards lifting before December 1, 2021 all additional/punitive tariffs on both sides linked to our steel and aluminium dispute". Last month, the EU and US agreed to hold talks to end the steel and aluminium row with Brussels suspending its plan to increase tariffs on the US for six months. That truce was short on specific commitments to end the tit-for-tat battle that began in June 2018 when Trump imposed tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminium from Europe, Asia and elsewhere. Brussels responded with counter-tariffs on 2.8 billion euros worth of iconic US products, including bourbon whiskey, jeans, orange juice and Harley-Davidson motorbikes. The text also confirmed the desire to reach an agreement on the two-decade old Airbus-Boeing dispute by July 11, with tit-for-tat tariffs frozen in that row too. Officials said that the highlight of the summit will be the creation of the so-called trade and technology council, where both sides will strive to find ways to join forces on regulating technology. In a clear signal to China, the draft said the EU and US wanted "new technologies based on our shared democratic values, including respect for human rights, and that encourages compatible standards and regulations". Emre Pecker, Europe director of Eurasia Group, said "the US had been lukewarm" on the council proposal and that even if it was not a "game-changer, more transatlantic cooperation and discussion would still be negative for China". More broadly towards Beijing, the draft said both sides "intend to closely consult and cooperate ... in the framework of our respective similar multi-faceted approaches". Under the encouragement of eastern European member states, the summit would also set up a EU-US high-level dialogue on Russia that would duplicate an existing collaboration on China. del-arp/dc/rl
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