Press Release No. 18/313

Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde on the US–EU Meeting

July 25, 2018

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde issued the following statement today:

“I am pleased to learn that the United States and European Union reached agreement today to work jointly to reduce trade barriers and, together with other partners, strengthen the WTO. The global economy can only benefit when countries engage constructively to resolve trade and investment disagreements without resort to exceptional measures.”