EU tariff offer still on the table, says EU Commission

Published on 26/05/2025 - 19:19 GMT+2

The EU connection connected waste and acquisition pinch nan US has not changed contempt unit from US President Donald Trump threat past week to enforce 50% tariffs connected EU imports. 

The EU has projected "zero-for-zero" reciprocity for a non-tariff authorities connected equipment and offered to bargain US energy, tech and agriproducts to extremity nan waste and acquisition warfare launched by nan US mid-March.

“As regards nan zero-for-zero- that is very overmuch still connected nan table,” EU waste and acquisition spokesperson Olof Gill said connected Monday, adding: “We judge that’s a very charismatic starting constituent for a bully speech that could lead to benefits connected some sides of nan Atlantic.”

Last week nan EU and nan US exchanged letters pinch their respective offers to footwear disconnected negotiations, pinch disastrous effect.

Officials said nan US connection was “unilateral”, while Trump wrote connected his societal media Truth: “Our discussions pinch them [the EU] are going nowhere! Therefore I americium recommending a consecutive 50% Tariff connected nan European Union, starting connected June 1, 2025.”

On Friday afternoon, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said to US counterpart Howard Lutnick, but nan US asks were deemed unrealistic and unfair, an EU charismatic said.

After talking to EU president Ursula von der Leyen connected Sunday, Trump agreed to postpone his threatened imposition of 50% tariffs until 9 July.

Both presidents “agreed to fast-track nan waste and acquisition speech and enactment successful adjacent contact”, Commission’s main spokesperson Paula Pino said Monday.

The US presently applies 25% tariffs connected EU steel, aluminium and cars, and broad 10% tariffs connected each EU imports.

EU personnel states warned astatine a gathering mid-May, successful Brussels, that nan US-UK waste and acquisition deal, whereby London accepted a baseline 10% US tariff to debar different levies connected cars and metals, was not an option. If nan US maintains existent tariffs, nan EU will retaliate pinch countermeasures.

A package is nether chat successful Brussels and successful EU capitals to deed €95 cardinal worthy of US equipment pinch levies if nan speech pinch nan US fails. It would comes connected apical of a first database of US products worthy €21 billion which was suspended aft Trump announced a 90-Day region until 9 July.

Šefčovič and Lutnick are expected to talk again connected Monday afternoon.