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Osmani: Law to remove tariffs on American goods ready

2025-04-14 16:26:17Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Osmani: Law to remove tariffs on American goods ready
President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani has said that the Office of the Presidency has prepared a law that would enable the removal of 10 percent tariffs on goods imported from the US, but that for the adoption of this law, a new Parliament must first be constituted.

"We have the law ready that we will propose to the Parliament the moment it is constituted. I have discussed it with many MPs, I am convinced that it will pass," Osmani said in an interview with RTV 21.

On April 3, Osmani asked the Government to suspend the 10 percent customs tariff on goods from the US, a day after US President Donald Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs on imports from Kosovo.

Trump's decision included tariffs on most countries in the world with a base tariff of 10 percent, but higher for countries with which the US has a trade deficit.

But the acting Minister of Finance, Hekuran Murati, had criticized President Osmani's approach, saying that "fiscal policies fall within the scope of the executive" and that these issues should be handled away from the media.

This prompted a reaction from President Osmani's media advisor, Bekim Kupina, who called Murat's response "shameful and scandalous."

Osmani said that this dispute between Kosovo's state institutions has damaged "the interests of the Republic of Kosovo immensely."

"That response was a great loss for Kosovo, because Kosovo had an extraordinary momentum to strengthen its alliance with America, at a time when it was essential for America to be the first country to come up with such a proposal. And I was the president of the first country to come up with that proposal and it was important that we come out first," said Osmani.

The 10 percent tariff on US imports – a tariff that Kosovo imposes on all countries with which it does not have a free trade agreement – ​​is still in effect, even though Murati had said that the government had been considering lifting this tariff on the US for a long time.


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