Ursula von der Leyen says bloc hopes to see negotiated resolution to commerce tensions.
The European Union has delayed retaliatory tariffs on exports from the US as officers scramble to succeed in a commerce cope with Washington forward of US President Donald Trump’s August 1 deadline.
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Fee, mentioned on Sunday that the bloc would lengthen its suspension of countermeasures because it continued negotiations with the Trump administration.
“On the identical time, we’ll proceed to organize for the countermeasures, so we’re absolutely ready,” von der Leyen mentioned throughout a information convention in Brussels.
“Now we have at all times been very clear that we want a negotiated resolution,” she added.
“This stays the case, and we’ll use the time that we’ve now till the first of August.”
The EU’s announcement comes after Trump on Saturday unveiled plans to slap a 30 percent tariff on European and Mexican exports from August 1.
The EU in March introduced retaliatory tariffs on 26 billion euros ($30bn) of US exports in response to Trump’s duties on metal and aluminium.
The bloc paused the measures for 90 days the next month after Trump introduced he would delay the implementation of his so-called “reciprocal tariffs”.
The EU’s pause had been because of expire at midnight on Monday.
EU commerce ministers are scheduled to convene in Brussels on Monday to debate choices for responding to Trump’s newest tariff threats.
On Sunday, White Home Financial Adviser Kevin Hassett mentioned that Trump was not pleased with the “sketches of offers” introduced by US commerce companions up to now and that their provides would “must be higher”.
“These tariffs are actual if the president doesn’t get a deal that he thinks is nice sufficient, however, you recognize, conversations are ongoing, and we’ll see the place the mud settles,” Hassett instructed ABC Information’s This Week.
Taken collectively, EU member nations are the US’s largest buying and selling associate.
US-EU commerce in items and providers amounted to 1.7 trillion euros ($2 trillion) in 2024, in keeping with EU statistics company Eurostat.
