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(photo source: official website) according to foreign media, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that after a "good dialogue" with car manufacturers in the European Union, Japan and elsewhere, the trump administration may not need to impose tariffs on cars later this month. In May, after talks with the European Union and Japan in Washington, the White House agreed to postpone new tariffs on imported vehicles and parts for six months. The United States and Japan reached an agreement last month that the United States would not impose additional tariffs. But as the deadline for the new tariffs to enter into force approaches, the EU has yet to reach an agreement with the trump administration. In an interview with the media on November 3, Ross said: "we hope that the consultation with various enterprises on the capital investment plan can achieve enough success, so that there is no need to fully implement Article 232 or even partially implement it." He referred to an investigation conducted by the United States government under Article 232 of the 1962 trade programme. "We have had a very good dialogue with friends from Europe, Japan and South Korea, all of which are major car producers," Ross said at a regional summit in Bangkok. "Earlier, after renegotiating the Korus, the US will not impose any tariffs on South Korea in the future. The EU insists that the cars produced by its 28 member countries will not pose a threat to the national security of the United States and should not be the target of the United States to increase tariffs. In September, Cecilia Malmstrom, the European Union's trade commissioner, told the media that she hoped the US could further extend the deadline. Previously, Washington had also imposed tariffs on EU steel and aluminum products, citing threats to national security. Trade talks between the two sides have also been suspended, in part because the European Union refused to include agricultural products in the negotiations.