The US treasury secretary today insisted that agricultural issues were discussed in President Donald Trump's talks last week with Jean-Claude Juncker, contradicting the EU Commission president's account of the negotiations.
"I was in the room and we had specific conversations about agriculture and the need to break down the barriers on agriculture and have more opportunities for our farmers," Mnuchin said on Fox News Sunday.
Trump had boasted on Thursday before an audience of farmers that "We just opened up Europe for you farmers."
But on Friday, Juncker responded through his spokeswoman that agriculture was "not part of it."
Asked about the discrepancy, Mnuchin insisted: "We specifically talked about soybeans, but we specifically agreed we would look at these other markets and it was very clear that our objective as part of this whole agreement is the Europeans have to open up more opportunities for our farmers and our agriculture."
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