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Donald Trump says helium volition hold the imposition of 50% tariffs connected goods entering the US from the EU until July, arsenic the 2 sides effort to negociate a commercialized deal.
It comes aft the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said successful a station connected societal media tract X that she had spoken to Mr Trump and expressed that they needed until 9 July to "reach a bully deal".
The US president had past Friday threatened to bring successful the 50% tariffs from 1 June, arsenic European leaders said they were acceptable to respond with their ain measures.
But Mr Trump has present said that day has been enactment backmost to 9 July to let much clip for negotiations with the 27-member bloc, with the telephone telephone appearing to creaseless implicit tensions for present astatine least.
Speaking connected Sunday earlier boarding Air Force One for Washington DC, Mr Trump told reporters that helium had spoken to Ms Von der Leyen and she "wants to get down to superior negotiations" and she vowed to "rapidly get unneurotic and spot if we tin enactment thing out".
'We had a precise bully call'
The US president, successful comments connected his Truth Social platform, had reignited fears past Friday of a commercialized warfare betwixt the 2 powers erstwhile helium said talks were "going nowhere" and the bloc was "very hard to woody with".
Mr Trump told the media successful Morristown, New Jersey, connected Sunday that Ms Von der Leyen "just called me... and she asked for an hold successful the June 1st date. And she said she wants to get down to superior negotiation".
"We had a precise bully telephone and I agreed to determination it. I judge July 9th would beryllium the date. That was the day she requested. She said we volition rapidly get unneurotic and spot if we tin enactment thing out," the US president added.
Shortly after, helium wrote connected Truth Social: "I agreed to the hold - July 9, 2025 - It was my privilege to bash so."
The EU has responded 'in a reasonably humble and sensible way'
The European Union has been engaging "sensibly" with the US administration, the Irish premier has said pursuing the determination to intermission the tariffs.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has welcomed Mr Trump's determination to hold the tariffs.
Speaking astatine the Global Economic Summit successful Killarney, Co Kerry, connected Monday, Mr Martin said: "I bash judge that the European Union has been engaging sensibly connected this.
"I bash judge the US broadside is anxious to get a woody connected this that's sustainable, too.
"The US person issues that they privation resolved done this negotiation."
Mr Martin added that "all of the indications" are that the US wants a woody with the EU, and helium said that Europe has responded "in a reasonably humble and sensible way".
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He said: "I deliberation everybody truthful acold appreciates the European Union's attack successful presumption of not overreacting to assorted announcements and to assorted decisions, but alternatively to absorption connected a negotiating solution to this.
"Tariffs are not bully for our economy. They're not bully for the satellite economy. They're not bully for consumers.
"It's perfectly important that we tin get a realistic and tenable woody betwixt Europe and the United States to assistance consumers, to assistance citizens crossed the world."
Where has this enactment travel from?
On his so-called "liberation day" past month, Mr Trump unleashed tariffs connected galore of America's commercialized partners. But since past he's backed down successful a spiralling tit-for-tat tariff face-off with China, and struck a woody with the UK.
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Much of his astir incendiary rhetoric connected commercialized has been directed astatine Brussels, though, adjacent going arsenic acold arsenic to assertion the EU was created to rip the US off.
Responding to his 50% tariff threat, EU commercialized main Maros Sefcovic said earlier: "EU-US commercialized is unmatched and indispensable beryllium guided by communal respect, not threats.
"We basal acceptable to support our interests."
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