The American leader made such a decision after a conversation with European Commission chairman Ursula Von der Layen.
US president Donald Trump said to postpone 50% of tariffs for all imports from the European Union to July to provide more time for trade negotiations. He wrote on Sunday, on Sunday, he wrote on Social Network Truth Social.
“Today European Commission president Ursula Von Der Leyen has called me with a request to expand the validity of 50% of the trading tariff with the European Union, which on June 1. I agreed to expand until July 9, 2025. It was an honor for me,” Trump wrote, adding that negotiations should begin in the near future.
Meanwhile, European Commission leader Ursula Von der Lyain on Social Network X confirmed Trump’s conversation and said the EU needed more time to achieve a trade transaction. According to him, negotiations will be “fast and decisive.”
“The EU and the United States have the most important and closest trade relationships in the world … To achieve a great deal, we will need the time until July 9,” he wrote.
Earlier, Trump announced 50% of the fee for goods from the EU, stating “our negotiations with them will not lead to any.” The next day, he said “not looking for transactions in the EU” and that he now plans to “play the game as much as he can.”
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