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Donald Trump said he would postpone the imposition of 50% of the tariff of goods entering the US from the EU until July, when both parties tried to negotiate trade agreements.
It happened after the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyensaid in a post on social media sites X that he had spoken to Trump and stated that they needed until July 9 to “reach a good agreement”.
That US President Last Friday threatened carry a tariff of 50% from June 1, as European leader says they are ready to respond With their own steps.
But Trump has now said that the date has been returned to 9 July to provide more time for negotiations with blocks 27-members, with a telephone call that appears more than tension for now at least.
Speaking on Sundays before boarding an airplane for Washington DC, Trump told reporters that he had spoken with MS von Der Leyen and he wanted to go down to serious negotiations “and he vowed to” gather quickly and see if we could finish something “.
‘We have a very good call’
The US president, in the comments on the social platform of truth, has turned on again last Friday’s concern from the trade war between the two forces when he said the conversation “nowhere” and the block was “very difficult to deal with”.
Trump told the media at Morristown, New Jersey, on Sunday that Von Der Leyen “had just called me … and he asked for an extension on June 1. And he said he wanted to go down to serious negotiations”.
“We have a very good call and I agree to move it. I believe July 9 will be the date. That is the date he asked for. He said we would quickly gather and see if we could finish something,” added the US President.
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Shortly after, he wrote about social truth: “I agree to expand – July 9, 2025 – it is my privilege to do it.”
On called “Liberation Day” last monthTrump let go tariff In many American trading partners. But since then he resigned in a spinning tit Tariffs with ChinaAnd Attacking the agreement with the British.
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Most of the most burning rhetoric about trade has been directed at Brussels, though, even going further to claim that the European Union was created to tear the US.
Responding to his 50 %tariff threat, the Head of European Union Trade Maros Sefcovic said: “EU-US trade is unmatched and must be guided by mutual respect, not a threat.
“We are ready to maintain our interests.”
