The incoming U.S. president has some strong ideas on reshaping his country's global relationships. In Europe, the mood is conciliatory but wary. CGTN's William Denselow reports from Brussels.
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00:00Well the European Union wants to work with the United States. That was the
00:03message from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Trump has
00:07warned that he's looking to reverse America's trade deficit with the EU
00:11either through tariffs or raising energy exports. Well let's talk to our
00:15correspondent Will Denslow who is in Brussels. So Will, what have European
00:19leaders been saying?
00:23Well European leaders would have been listening to Donald Trump's comments
00:28from the inauguration saying, really laying out his America First strategy
00:33saying that he wants to see America be the envy of the rest of the world. So
00:37really the calculation for European leaders is where does the EU sit with
00:42that? How does this relationship go forward? It is a relationship trade-wise
00:47that accounts around 30% of global trade up at over one and a half trillion
00:53dollars per year and the EU's message has been that this is an incredibly
00:58intertwined relationship and essentially they've been saying that they're
01:03looking for a win-win scenario. The real question is how does that fit in with
01:08Donald Trump's vision for America First? Well when asked by Donald Trump what
01:13this relationship could mean when it comes to the threat of tariffs of up to
01:1820% on goods coming from Europe, Donald Trump says well if Europe takes in more
01:24liquefied natural gas that would be a good start. We've seen European leaders
01:29responding to Donald Trump saying that their priority is they want
01:33conversations, they want to work with the US administration when it comes to areas
01:39that are mutually beneficial. But a clear takeaway from Ursula von der Leyen,
01:44the Commission President, was she said that she wants to be pragmatic and that
01:49European interests are of course of paramount to her. So very much we're
01:55seeing Europe trying to tread somewhat of a tightrope keeping the US on side
02:00whether that means bringing in more liquefied natural gas but the EU making
02:04it very clear that they're also looking at garnering other relationships. Ursula
02:08von der Leyen essentially said that Europe is open for business and is
02:12looking to work with anyone where their interests align. Will thank you very much
02:16Our correspondent William Denslow in Brussels