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President Donald Trump said on Sunday that from June 1 to July 9, the United States will delay the implementation of a 50% tariff to goods from the European Union 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 told Trump that, according to the retelling of the US president, she would like to “act on serious negotiations”.

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

In a social media post on Friday, Trump threatened to impose 50% tariff up and complained that the 27-member block was “very difficult” over the trade and that the negotiations “nowhere” went. These tariffs started in early June.

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

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“I agreed with the expansion – July 9, 2025 – it was my privilege to do this,” said 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.”