“The United States has sent us a letter with measures that would come into effect unless there is a negotiated solution, so we will therefore also extend the suspension of our countermeasures until early August,” von der Leyen said on Sunday, July 13th, reacting to the U.S. president’s announcement on Saturday.
As we reported, Donald Trump yesterday said he would impose a 30% import tariff on products from the European Union and Mexico as of August 1st.
The EU’s current suspension of its retaliation over U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs had been set to expire overnight Monday to Tuesday.
