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The EU's trade commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, says he's speaking to his US counterparts on Friday.

EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic aims to talk tariffs with his US counterparts on Friday.

Coinciding uncomfortably with the leaked Signal chat and its Euro-bashing, the EU's trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic, along with the head of cabinet of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Washington on Tuesday hoping to launch a charm offensive to try to stave off a new tariff onslaught.

I put this precise point to the EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic last month.

Earlier this month, the EU's new trade chief Maros Sefcovic told the BBC he was open to Britain joining PEM as part of a post-Brexit "reset".