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EU member states sign off on compromise to implement US trade pact

Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talk after reaching a trade deal at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland, 27 July 2025.
Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talk after reaching a trade deal at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland, 27 July 2025. AP - Jacquelyn Martin

The European Union's 27 member states have formally approved a compromise with the European Parliament in order to implement a trade deal with the United States.

The accord struck last July caps US levies on most European goods at 15 percent, but to President Donald Trump's frustration the EU had yet to make good on its pledge to scrap levies on most American imports in return.

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