President Donald Trump mentioned he would prolong the deadline for the European Union to face 50% tariffs till July 9 after a cellphone name with European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen.
“We had a very nice call and I agreed to move it,” Trump informed reporters Sunday on his approach again to Washington.
Von der Leyen mentioned earlier Sunday in a put up on X that “Europe is ready to advance talks swiftly and decisively,” however “a good deal” will want “time until July 9.” That’s the date that Trump’s 90-day pause of his so-called reciprocal tariffs had been set to finish.
The EU had been slated for a 20% tariff below these reciprocal charges introduced in April.
However Trump on Friday threatened to impose a better, 50% tariff on the EU after complaining the bloc was slow-walking negotiations and unfairly concentrating on US corporations with lawsuits and rules.
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The EU final week shared a revived commerce proposal with the US in a bid to spice up talks, and the bloc’s commerce chief, Maros Sefcovic, held a name along with his US counterpart, Jamieson Greer, on Friday.
Trump’s newest tariff menace would hit $321 billion price of US-EU items commerce, reducing US gross home product by near 0.6% and boosting costs by greater than 0.3%, in response to Bloomberg Economics calculations.
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