The EU delays reprisals on American goods in the hope of reaching an agreement by August 1

Brussels – The The European Union will suspect the reprisals On American goods scheduled for Monday in the hope of concluding a commercial agreement with the Trump administration by the end of the month.

“This is now the time for negotiations,” the president of the European Commission said on Sunday, Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, after President Donald Trump sent a letter announcing new prices of 30% on the goods of the EU and Mexico from August 1.

The EU – the largest American trading partner and the largest commercial block in the world – was to impose “countermeasures” from Monday at midnight, Brussels time (6 p.m. Hae; 10:00 GMT). The EU negotiates trade agreements on behalf of its 27 member countries.

Von der Leyen said that these countermeasures would be delayed until August 1 and that Trump’s letter shows “that we have until August 1” to negotiate.

“We have always been clear that we prefer a negotiated solution,” she said. If they cannot conclude an agreement, she said that “we will continue to prepare countermeasures so that we are fully prepared”.

The largest exports from Europe to the United States are pharmaceutical products, cars, planes, chemicals, medical instruments and wine and spirits.

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, went to Washington for interviews on Monday with the American administration and the congress. In a statement, the Tajani office said that in his talks with the EU allies before the meetings, he stressed the need to “negotiate with the head of the head.

The right -wing government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the only EU chief to attend the inauguration of Trump, sought to position himself as a “bridge” between Brussels and Washington.

Trump said his global prices would establish the basics of the revival of an American economy which, according to him, has been uprooted by other nations for decades. Trump, in his letter to the EU, said the American trade deficit was a national security threat.

Trump is not satisfied with some of the trade in trade agreements, the Kevin Hassett on ABC News.

“The main thing is that he saw sketches of tenders that had been negotiated with Howard Lutnick and the rest of the sales team, and the president thinks that the agreements must be better, and to put a line in the sand, he sent these letters to people. And we will see how it works,” he said.

American trade partners – and companies around the world, French winegrowers to German car manufacturers – have faced months of uncertainty and threats from Trump on prices, with deadlines, sometimes extended or modified. The prices could have ramifications for almost all aspects of the world economy.

The value of the EU-US trade in goods and services amounted to 1.7 Billion of euros (2 billions of dollars) in 2024, an average of 4.6 billion euros per day, according to the Eurostat EU Statistics Agency.

EU countries trade ministers are expected to meet on Monday to discuss trade relations with the United States, as well as with China.

Speaking alongside the Indonesian President Prabowo Suubianto, Von Der Leyen, said that trade tensions with the United States show the importance of diversifying our trade relations.

The Indonesian chief said: “ I think the United States will always be a very important leader in the world ”, but also underlined the need for multilateral relations, adding: “ we would like to see a very strong Europe. ”