{"id":294084,"date":"2025-07-26T19:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T19:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294084\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T19:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T19:47:15","slug":"eu-chief-heads-to-scotland-for-trade-talks-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294084\/","title":{"rendered":"EU chief heads to Scotland for trade talks with Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has headed to Scotland ahead of a meeting with US President Donald Trump, as speculation mounts of a trade agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in Scotland for a few days of golfing and bilateral meetings, told reporters upon his arrival on Friday evening that he was looking forward to meeting with von der Leyen, calling her a &#8220;highly respected&#8221; leader.<\/p>\n<p>He repeated his view that there was a 50-50 chance that the US and the 27-member European Union could reach a framework trade pact.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Brussels wanted to &#8220;make a deal very badly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote placeholder=\"\" data-theme=\"light\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Following a good call with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@POTUS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@POTUS<\/a>, we have agreed to meet in Scotland on Sunday to discuss transatlantic trade relations, and how we can keep them strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vonderleyen\/status\/1948777966139289658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:July 25, 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">July 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If it happened, he said it would be the biggest trade agreement reached yet by his administration, surpassing the $US550 billion ($A826 billion) accord agreed with Japan last week.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has released no details about the planned meeting or the terms of the emerging agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission on Thursday said a negotiated trade solution with the United States was within reach, even as EU members voted to approve counter-tariffs on 93 billion euros ($A164 billion) of US goods in case the talks collapse.<\/p>\n<p>To get a deal, Trump said the EU would have to &#8220;buy down&#8221; that tariff rate, although he gave no specifics.<\/p>\n<p>EU diplomats say a possible deal between Washington and Brussels would likely include a broad 15 per cent tariff on EU goods imported into the US, mirroring the US-Japan deal, along with a 50 per cent tariff on European steel and aluminium.<\/p>\n<p>The broad tariff rate would be half the 30 per cent duties that Trump has threatened to slap on EU goods from August 1.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Ursula von der Leyen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/698dfe2ebc5180a1010f07013fcb608e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>EU diplomats say a deal would likely include a broad 15 per cent tariff on EU goods to the US. (AP PHOTO)<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear if Washington will agree to exempt the EU from sectoral tariffs on cars, pharmaceuticals and other goods that have already been announced or are pending.<\/p>\n<p>Combining goods, services and investment, the EU and the United States are each other&#8217;s largest trading partners by far.<\/p>\n<p>The American Chamber of Commerce in Brussels warned in March that any conflict would jeopardise $US9.5 ($A14.3) trillion of business in the world&#8217;s most important commercial relationship.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has headed to Scotland ahead of a meeting with US President&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,32,7335,1699,4884,712,15518,16,15,1220],"class_list":{"0":"post-294084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-eu-commission","11":"tag-european-union","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-trade-agreement","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114921265295672269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294084","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=294084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}