Trump, European Union and a trade deal
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President Donald Trump announced that he is extending the deadline for a 50% tariff on the European Union until July 9, a measure he had earlier said would go into effect on June 1. "I received a ...
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Agence France-Presse on MSNTrump, EU chief seek deal in transatlantic tariffs standoffPresident Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen meet Sunday in Scotland in a decisive push to resolve a months-long transatlantic trade standoff -- with the US leader putting the chances of a deal at one in two.
President Donald Trump sees a 50-50 chance, or perhaps less, that the U.S. and European Union will reach a trade agreement, he said on Friday, according to media reports, adding that Brussels wants to "make a deal very badly.
As the two biggest economic targets in Donald Trump’s trade war, some analysts thought the European Union and China could move closer together and stake out common ground.
Confident that his right-wing populist policies would help win him favor with Trump’s administration, Orbán said in an interview in April that while tariffs “will be a disadvantage,” his government was negotiating “other economic agreements and issues that will offset them.”
As the EU digs in, President Trump announced two more deals and finalized a third, most notably a pact with Japan. “I just signed the largest deal in history with Japan," Trump
President Donald Trump’s vows to roll out punishing new tariffs on Aug. 1 have barely made a ripple with investors who are convinced he’ll once again back down. But at the White House, officials insist they’re serious this time.
With Donald Trump's punitive tariffs against Brazil poised to take effect within days, Latin America's largest economy is bracing for a virtual embargo on its planes, grains, and crude oil.