Trump, European Union and tariff
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Trump agrees to extend the proposed 50% EU tariff to July 9, 2025, after a call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Talks are set to "begin rapidly," he said.
The extension offers the EU a reprieve, after President Trump threatened a 50% tariff that was set to take effect on June 1.
India has reportedly offered the US steep tariff cuts but is seeking to retain high duties on some agricultural commodities, such as food grains and dairy products, according to a report in the FT on Wednesday.
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President Donald Trump pulled back from threatening a larger trade war with Europe, again. On May 23, Trump said he would impose a 50% tariff on the EU starting on June 1. He later told reporters he felt no need to cut a deal.
The European Union is seeking to accelerate trade talks with the US just six weeks before President Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariffs come into effect.
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The European Union has agreed to fast-track trade talks with the US in a bid to avoid President Trump's 50% tariffs — which, in an about-face, he announced would be delayed until July 9. On Tuesday, a Bloomberg report said that the EU's trade chief,
Apple increased its exports of iPhones from India to the United States in April, with industry data showing a 76 percent increase compared to previous months. The jump came amid President Donald Trump's threats of a 25 percent tariff on iPhones made outside the U.