The European Union has sharply criticised a US congressional proposal to charge a $10 fee to some visitors to the United States.
If it becomes law, the EU says some US travelers to Europe could face retaliation.
The fee now under consideration in Congress would finance a new US program to promote travel, a burden that the EU believes Americans should bear.
The European Commission’s Ambassador to Washington, John Bruton, said in a statement Friday that “only in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ could a penalty be seen as promoting the activity on which it is imposed.”
Early, this year, the US began requiring people travelling to the United States under the visa waiver program to register on the Internet at least 72 hours before travel and renew their registration every two years.
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