WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - European Commission
Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Friday that
the bloc was willing to move quickly on a trade agreement with
the United States for critical minerals used in electric
vehicles and a recent U.S.-Japan deal was a "good basis for
discussions."
Dombrovskis told reporters he could not provide any details
on timing for a U.S.-EU deal after Washington and Tokyo's quick
agreement. The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday is expected to reveal
which vehicles would see reduced access to U.S. tax credits of
up to $7,500 based on their minerals and components content.
"We see this U.S.-Japan agreement as a good basis for
discussions, a good basis for the decisions and essentially we
don't see reasons why we should be treated worse than Japan,"
Dombrovskis said during International Monetary Fund and World
Bank meetings in Washington
(Reporting by David Lawder)
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