EU Trade Commissioner to Meet US Trade Representative in Paris Before G7 Ministers' Gathering

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday in Paris, a member of Šefčovič’s cabinet said. The meeting comes on the eve of a G7 trade ministers meeting in Paris on Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat last week to increase tariffs on cars and trucks imported from the EU to 25 percent from 15 percent. French Finance and Economy Minister Roland Lescure and Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier will meet with Greer late Tuesday afternoon in Paris.

S. industrial goods.

A European Commission spokesperson said on Friday that the EU will keep options open to protect EU interests. Lawmakers want to attach conditions to the trade deal legislation, viewing that Trump has breached it by hiking tariffs on products containing steel and threatening to annex Greenland. Paris has joined EU lawmakers in opposing quick implementation of the Turnberry deal.

A majority led by Germany is pushing to implement the Turnberry deal. S. troops from Germany. S. Customs and Border Protection has secured tens of billions of dollars in funding for the largest-ever expansion of border security under President Donald Trump.

The number of illegal immigrant arrests at the southern border has been at 55-year lows for more than a year. More than 75 miles of border wall and buoy barrier have been installed since January 2025. CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott spoke with Washington Examiner reporter Anna Giaritelli at the agency’s Washington headquarters on April 27, 2026.

During the Biden administration, more illegal immigrants were arrested by Border Patrol attempting to enter the United States between ports of entry than during any other administration. In December 2023, 250,000 people were arrested entering illegally at the southern border, according to CBP data.

In former President Joe Biden’s final six months, arrests at the southern border dropped to below 50,000 per month.

Trump took office in January 2025 and imposed a dozen immigration executive orders. Between February 2025 and March 2026, monthly arrests at the southern border ranged from 4,500 to 9,000. Scott spent two days at the end of April on the southern border with Mullin.

Markwayne Mullin became DHS secretary in March 2026. S. Border Patrol during Trump’s first term. As CBP commissioner, Scott oversees an agency of 68,000 employees.

The Trump administration began laying a wall of buoys in the Rio Grande on January 6, 2026. CBP ended the Biden-era CBP One app. The CBP One app allowed 1,400 people a day to request appointments at ports of entry, Scott said.

Currently, CBP is doing about 10% more vehicle inspections and baggage inspections than last year at ports of entry, Scott said. An interactive map on CBP’s website was updated earlier this year to show the Big Bend region would be secured with detection technology. The interactive map was later changed to show a blend of wall and technology in the Big Bend region.

Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland of Terrell County told the Washington Examiner in March that community leaders including five sheriffs pleaded with the Trump administration not to build a wall through Big Bend National Park. CBP will not build border wall inside Big Bend National Park, Scott said.

In Big Bend National Park, CBP will pave roads along the border and use technology such as drones, radars, cameras, and fiber-optic cables to monitor the area, Scott said.

The southern border is 1,950 miles long. CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said: 'The secret sauce is a president that literally implemented policies and said, “This isn’t just for CBP. This is the administration’s policy.

… I don’t care if you’re Health and Human Services. ”' CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said: 'In prior administrations, CBP, Border Patrol would get support, and we would talk strong on border security.

CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said: 'Those were man-hours shifted back to enforcement. CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said: 'Big Bend National Park has some just, like, unbelievably huge granite cliffs. It would be kind of silly to put like a 30-foot border wall on top of a 90-foot granite cliff.