European Union puts tariff retaliation on hold for 90 days to match Trump's pause
The European Union鈥檚 executive commission said Thursday it will put its retaliation measures against new U.S. tariffs on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump鈥檚 pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated solution.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the commission, which handles trade for the 27 member countries, 鈥渢ook note of the announcement by President Trump.鈥�
New tariffs on 20.9 billion euros ($23 billion) of U.S. goods will be put on hold for 90 days because 鈥渨e want to give negotiations a chance,鈥� she said in a statement.
But she warned: 鈥淚f negotiations are not satisfactory, our countermeasures will kick in.鈥�
Trump imposed a 20% levy on goods from the EU as part of his onslaught of tariffs against global trading partners but has said he will pause them for 90 days to give countries a chance to negotiate solutions to U.S. trade concerns.