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EU delays retaliatory tariffs against US amid hopes for trade deal

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives a speech during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 9, 2025 [Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP]

The European Union has delayed retaliatory tariffs on exports from the United States as officials scramble to reach a trade deal with Washington ahead of US President Donald Trump’s August 1 deadline.

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said on Sunday that the bloc would extend its suspension of countermeasures as it continued negotiations with the Trump administration.

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