{"id":261529,"date":"2025-07-13T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T12:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/261529\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T12:09:10","slug":"eu-to-push-for-deal-ahead-of-trump-deadline-on-tariffs-says-von-der-leyen-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/261529\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to push for deal ahead of Trump deadline on tariffs, says Von der Leyen \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Union<\/a> will use the time it has until an August 1st deadline to push for a tariff deal<\/a> with the United States, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen<\/a> has said. <\/p>\n

The head of the EU\u2019s powerful executive arm was speaking after US<\/a> president Donald Trump<\/a> announced he would levy tariffs of 30 per cent on nearly all trade coming from the EU from the start of next month.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Brussels on Sunday, Ms von der Leyen said commission negotiators would keep pushing for an EU-US deal that suspended those threatened higher tariffs rates. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have always been very clear that we prefer a negotiated solution. This remains the case and we will use the time that we have now till the first of August,\u201d Ms von der Leyen said. <\/p>\n

An initial set of EU counter-tariffs on \u20ac21 billion worth of US trade that had been due to kick in on Monday after a 90-day pause, will be kept on hold until early August, she said. <\/p>\n

A second, larger set of retaliatory tariffs that would hit about \u20ac70 billion worth of US trade was also ready to go if needed, the commission president said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have prepared for this and we can respond with counter-measures if necessary,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

The use of the EU\u2019s anti-coercion instrument, which would give the commission wide ranging powers to target US multinational companies, such as tech and social media firms, was reserved for an \u201cextraordinary situation,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not there yet,\u201d the German politician said. \u201cThis is now the time for negotiations but this also shows we are prepared for all eventual scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Trump\u2019s threat on Saturday to place a 30 per cent tariff<\/a> on goods from the European Union<\/a> caused outrage among European leaders, with some urging retaliatory tariffs while others said they hoped a deal could still be worked out before the new levies went into effect.<\/p>\n

The EU has been in deep negotiations with Washington in the hope of reaching trade deals that would avert such punishing levies and a wider trade war. <\/p>\n

But Mr Trump\u2019s threat to impose a 30 per cent levy on European and Mexican<\/a> goods on August 1st upended months of deliberations.<\/p>\n

The European Council president, Ant\u00f3nio Costa, said on social media that the EU \u201cremains firm, united and ready to protect our interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Emmanuel Macron<\/a> of France suggested the 30 per cent rate came as a surprise after weeks of negotiations that he said were \u201cmade in good faith\u201d. He voiced \u201cvery strong disapproval\u201d of the tariffs in a social media post.<\/p>\n

France has been one of the loudest voices in Europe calling for retaliatory tariffs against the US if a deal is not reached. Mr Macron reiterated a plea for the European Commission, which is negotiating on behalf of the EU countries, to mobilise \u201call the instruments at its disposal\u201d.<\/p>\n

Prime minister Giorgia Meloni<\/a> of Italy, one of the few European leaders Trump likes, struck a more cautious tone.<\/p>\n

Her office said in a statement that it would make \u201cno sense to spark a trade war between the two sides of the Atlantic\u201d, and urged negotiators to avoid \u201cpolarisations that would make reaching an agreement more complex\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump threatened to meet any EU tariff retaliation with an equal increase in US tariffs. Experts said that would increase the chances of a wider trade war between the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n

The new tariffs also prolong the economic uncertainty weighing on various exporters, including German carmakers, Italian wine exporters and Irish pharmaceutical companies. – Additional reporting: New York Times<\/p>\n

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum noted in speeches that every country has been getting a letter from Mr Trump as he implements global protectionist policies. Her team had already begun discussions with the US on Friday and she was confident Mexico would get a deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had some experience with these things for several months now,\u201d Sheinbaum said at a clinic opening in Ensenada, Baja California. \u201cAnd I think we\u2019re going to reach an agreement with the United States government.\u201d \u2013 This article originally appeared in The New York Times<\/a>, additional reporting by Bloomberg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Union will use the time it has until an August 1st deadline to push for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[32,34,2000,299,5187,1699,2440,2132,1220,2612],"class_list":{"0":"post-261529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-emmanuel-macron","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-giorgia-meloni","15":"tag-mexico","16":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","17":"tag-us-tariffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114845854177588352","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}