'I am going to get in trouble... I'm leaving out a lot of people': Biden apologizes for forgetting to thank his aides during meeting with EU leaders
President Joe Biden said he was 'going to get in trouble' again for forgetting to thank a list of his top aides during his meeting with European Union leaders on Tuesday.
He was discussing ending a trade dispute between the US and the EU that has lasted 17 years and the impending threat of China when he appeared to stumble during his speech.
'And uh, I've said before and I apologize for the - Oh, I didn't Jake Sullivan from the State Department [inaudible]. I'm leaving out a lot of people here I apologize. I'm going to get in trouble.
'But, anyway, we'll get back to that. But um we um you know...'
It comes two days after Biden joked that he would 'get in trouble' with his staff if he didn't answer questions from a pre-approved list of reporters.
His comments sparked claims he is being controlled by his press handlers. Biden also asked questions from a pre-approved list of reporters at a NATO press conference on Monday.
In that press conference on Sunday in Cornwall, UK, after the G7 summit he also confused Libya and Syria three times.
During the meeting in Brussels, Biden celebrated a 'major breakthrough' by ending the tit-for-tat tariff row between the US and EU which started with a battle over subsidies between rival aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing.
President Joe Biden said he was 'going to get in trouble' again for forgetting to thank a list of his top aides during his meeting with European Union leaders on Tuesday
'Both the U.S. and EU agreed to suspend our tariffs for five years, and we committed to ensuring a level playing field for our companies and our workers,' Biden said.
'Significantly, we also agreed to work together to challenge and counter China's non-market practices in this sector that give China's companies an unfair advantage. He said the US and EU would work jointly 'on inward and outbound investment and technology transfer. It's a model we can build on for other challenges posed by China's economic model.'
The dispute between the world's largest aircraft manufacturers began in 2004 when they filed competing cases claiming each were profiting from unfair government subsidies.
In 2019, the World Trade Organization ruled the European Union had illegally provided support to Airbus. The Trump administration responded with tariffs worth up to $7.5billion a year that hit French winemarkers and German cookie bakers.
A year later, the WTO then ruled that Boeing's benefits with the US also violated trade regulations, so Brussels it back with tariffs worth up to $4billion that targeted US spirit manufacturers.
After years of transatlantic squabbling, Biden also tied it to his case that democracies 'are stronger when we work together to advance our shared values like fair competition and transparency.'
He was discussing with EU leaders in Brussels ending a trade dispute that has lasted 17 years and the impending threat of China when he appeared to stumble during his speech
!['And uh, I've said before and I apologize for the - Oh, I didn't Jake Sullivan from the State Department [inaudible]. I'm leaving out a lot of people here I apologize. I'm going to get in trouble. 'But, anyway, we'll get back to that. But um we um you know...'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/15/19/44263955-9689553-image-a-3_1623780474907.jpg)
'And uh, I've said before and I apologize for the - Oh, I didn't Jake Sullivan from the State Department [inaudible]. I'm leaving out a lot of people here I apologize. I'm going to get in trouble. 'But, anyway, we'll get back to that. But um we um you know...'
The United States and the European Union reached a deal Tuesday to end a damaging dispute over subsidies to rival plane makers Boeing and Airbus; above President Joe Biden is welcomed by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen ahead to the EU-US summit
A line of Boeing 777X jets are parked nose to tail on an unused runway at Paine Field, near Boeing's massive production facility in Everett, Wash
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the two sides have come to terms on a five-year agreement to suspend the tariffs at the center of the dispute. She said they could be reimplemented if the U.S. companies are not able to 'compete fairly' with those in Europe.
'Today´s announcement resolves a long-standing irritant in the U.S.-EU relationship,' Tai said, as Biden met with EU leaders in Brussels. 'Instead of fighting with one of our closest allies, we are finally coming together against a common threat.'
The dispute saw tit-for-tat duties slapped on a range of companies that have nothing to do with aircraft production, from French winemakers to German cookie bakers in Europe and U.S. spirits producers in the United States, among many others.
'I´m very positive and convinced that together we will deliver today,' European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters Tuesday, hours before a meeting in Brussels with President Joe Biden.
In March, weeks after Biden had taken office, the two sides agreed to suspend the tariffs.
The 17 year trade dispute was the longest and most costly in the history of the World Trade Organization
