WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump mentioned Sunday that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on items from the European Union from June 1 till July 9 to purchase time for negotiations with the bloc.
That settlement got here after a name Sunday with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Fee, who had instructed Trump that she “needs to get right down to severe negotiations,” in keeping with the U.S. president’s retelling.
“I instructed anyone that might pay attention, they’ve to do this,” Trump instructed reporters on Sunday in Morristown, New Jersey, as he ready to return to Washington. Von der Leyen, Trump mentioned, vowed to “quickly get collectively and see if we are able to work one thing out.”
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters earlier than boarding Air Power One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, Might 25, 2025.
(AP Picture/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
In a social media publish Friday, Trump had threatened to impose the 50% tariff on EU items, complaining that the 27-member bloc had been “very tough to cope with” on commerce and that negotiations have been “going nowhere.” These tariffs would have kicked in beginning June 1.
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However the name with von der Leyen appeared to easy over tensions, at the very least for now.
“I agreed to the extension – July 9, 2025 – It was my privilege to take action,” Trump mentioned on Fact Social shortly after he spoke with reporters on Sunday night.
For her half, von der Leyen mentioned the EU and the U.S. “share the world’s most consequential and shut commerce relationship.”
“Europe is able to advance talks swiftly and decisively,” she mentioned. “To succeed in a superb deal, we would wish the time till July 9.
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