Trump says he will move a 50% tariff to the European Union until July

Washington – President Trump said on Sunday that the United States will be postponed to implement a 50% tariff for goods from the European Union until 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 Trump that, according to the US President, she “wants to act” on serious negotiations “.

“I told someone who would listen to you have to do that,” Trump said to the reporter on Sunday in Morristown, New Jersey when he prepared 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 claimed that the 27-member block had “very difficult” to deal with and that 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.

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

Of the Leyen said that the EU and the USA “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.”

Kim writes for the Associated Press.