Trump says that 50% tariff for the European Union has been delayed until July

President Trump said on Sunday that the United States would delay the implementation of A 50% tariff for goods from the European Union From June 1st to July 9th to buy time for negotiations with the block.

This agreement was made after a call on Sunday with Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, who had announced Mr. Trump that she wanted to “go into serious negotiations,” said the president's retelling.

“I told someone to do that,” said Mr. Trump on Sunday in Morristown, New Jersey, reporters when he was preparing to return to Washington. From the Leyen, said Mr. Trump, Schwor, “to get together quickly and see if we can work out something”.

In a social media post on Friday, Mr. Trump threatened to impose 50% tariff up and complained that the 27-member block was “very difficult to use, with” the trade “and the negotiations” never to go “. These tariffs had started at the beginning of June.

The announcement together with endangered tariffs for Apple products let the stock market dive on Friday.

“Especially when the markets were of the opinion that the worst of the collective bargaining battle had been overcome, President Trump threatened a 50% tariff against the EU this week, from June 1, and a possible 25% tariff on iPhones abroad.

But the call from the Leyen seemed at least for the time being to smooth the tensions.

“I agreed with the expansion – July 9, 2025 – it was my privilege to do this,” said Mr. Trump shortly after he had spoken to reporters on Sunday evening.

The EU and the United States said of the Leyen “share the most consequential and closest trade relationship in the world”.

“Europe is ready to promote the talks quickly and determined,” she said. “To achieve good business, we need the time until July 9th.”