EU delays retaliatory tariffs against US amid hopes for trade deal | Donald Trump News

Ursula von der Leyen says bloc hopes to see negotiated solution to trade tensions.

The European Union has delayed retaliatory tariffs on exports from the United States as officials scramble to reach a trade deal with Washington ahead of US President Donald Trump’s August 1 deadline.

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said on Sunday that the bloc would extend its suspension of countermeasures as it continued negotiations with the Trump administration.

“At the…