Ingxoxo zorhwebo phakathi kwe-EU ne-US ziyaqhubeka eBrussels

Unobhala wezoRhwebo wase-US uHoward Lutnick, uMmeli wezoRhwebo wase-US uJamieson Greer, uMphathiswa wezangaphandle waseDenmark uLars Loekke Rasmussen kunye noMkomishinala wezoRhwebo we-EU uMaros Sefcovic bathetha nabezindaba eBrussels, eBelgium, nge-24 kaNovemba ngo-2025.

Abaphathiswa bezorhwebo be-European Union bakhuthaze oogxa babo base-United States ukuba basebenzise okungakumbi kwisivumelwano sorhwebo se-EU-US sikaJulayi, kuquka ukunciphisa irhafu kwisinyithi se-EU kunye nokuphakamisa irhafu kwiimpahla, ezifana newayini kunye notywala, ngexesha leentlanganiso eziphezulu eBrussels, eBelgium ngoMvulo.

Unobhala wezoRhwebo wase-US uHoward Lutnick kunye noMmeli wezoRhwebo wase-US uJamieson Greer bebekwikomkhulu le-EU ukuze baxoxe nabakomishinala be-EU kunye neenkokheli zoshishino, okokuqala ukusukela ukuvalwa korhulumente wase-US okweeveki ezintandathu okwaqala ekuqaleni kuka-Okthobha.

Umntu osebenza ngaphakathi kwi-EU kwezi ngxoxo uxelele iphephandaba iThe Guardian wathi: "Sifanele siyigcine igxile, into esingayifuniyo kukuba amazwe ngamanye aye kuwo aze afune izivumelwano ngale nto, le naleya."

IBrussels neWashington zifikelele kwisivumelwano ehlotyeni apho uninzi lweempahla ezithunyelwa ngaphandle ze-EU ziya kujongana nerhafu ye-15% yase-US, kodwa omabini amacala afuna ezinye izibonelelo.

I-EU icinezela i-US ukuba inciphise irhafu yayo ye-50% kwintsimbi nakwi-aluminium, ngelixa iWashington ibongoza iBrussels ukuba inciphise imithetho eluhlaza neyedijithali, ixele i-Agence France-Presse.

“Siyaqonda nokuba umsebenzi omninzi uphambi kwethu, ingakumbi kwisinyithi kunye nezinto eziphuma kuzo, apho sifuna ukunciphisa irhafu kunye nokujongana nomthamo omkhulu wehlabathi,” utshilo uMkomishinala waseYurophu wezoRhwebo noKhuseleko loQoqosho uMaros Sefcovic kwiintatheli.

USefcovic wanciphisa ulindelo lwazo naziphi na izinto ezinokwenzeka ngoko nangoko phakathi kwakhe noogxa bakhe baseMelika.

"Ndicinga ukuba namhlanje, akuyonto iphathelele iingxoxo, kumalunga nomsebenzi wokubala amasheya. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba oku kukwamalunga novavanyo lwezopolitiko lobudlelwane phakathi kwe-EU ne-US," utshilo.

Ngo-Agasti, i-US yongeze iindidi zeemveliso ezingama-407 kuluhlu lwayo lwezinto ezithathwa njengeemveliso zentsimbi kunye ne-aluminium, nto leyo eyenza ukuba zihlawuliswe irhafu ephezulu.

Umphathiswa wezangaphandle waseDenmark, uLars Lokke Rasmussen, uthe ezi ntlanganiso ziza kuba lithuba "lokuzinzisa ubudlelwane bezorhwebo phakathi kweYurophu ne-US".

Abaphathiswa abaliqela be-EU bagxininise ukuba intsimbi yeyona nto iphambili.

“Kufuneka sibe nesivumelwano esiqhelekileyo ngentsimbi kunye ne-aluminium, kwaye sisebenze kuso. Kufuneka siphumeze ngokukhawuleza oko kwavunyelwana ngako ngo-Agasti,” utshilo uMphathiswa Wezangaphandle waseLithuania uKestutis Budrys.

Usekela-Nobhala welizwe lasePoland uMichal Baranowski, igosa eliphezulu kwezorhwebo, uthe: "Ukunyusa irhafu yentsimbi ukuya kwi-15 ekhulwini yinxalenye yokuphumeza ingxelo yethu edibeneyo. Kukwimo kakhulu ukuba ingxelo edibeneyo ilungiselelwe."

I-Euronews ibike ukuba i-US ikhalaza ngokuba ixesha lomthetho le-EU licotha kakhulu. Abenzi bomthetho be-EU baza kuvota ngalo mbhalo ngoJanuwari, kwaye kulindeleke ukuba kuvunyelwene ngenguqulelo efanayo namazwe angamalungu ngoMatshi okanye ngo-Epreli, ende kakhulu kunesantya esithandwayo lulawulo lwe-US.