By SEUNG MIN KIM, Related Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 “wants to get down to serious negotiations,” in keeping with the U.S. president’s retelling.
“I told anybody that would listen, they have to do that,” Trump instructed reporters on Sunday in Morristown, New Jersey, as he ready to return to Washington. Von der Leyen, Trump mentioned, vowed to “rapidly get together and see if we can work something out.”
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 difficult to deal with” on commerce and that negotiations have been “going nowhere.” These tariffs would have kicked in beginning June 1.
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 do so,” 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 close trade relationship.”
“Europe is ready to advance talks swiftly and decisively,” she mentioned. “To reach a good deal, we would need the time until July 9.”
