A few days after the political agreement struck between the EU and the US, the European Commission is still awaiting executive orders from Washington setting in concrete the deal agreed by handshake by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Donald Trump — which would spare Europeans from higher tariffs.
“It is the clear understanding of the EU that the US will implement the agreed across-the-board tariff ceiling of 15%. It is also our clear understanding that the US will implement the exemptions to the 15% ceiling as outlined by President von der Leyen last Sunday,” Commission spokesperson Olof Gill said on Thursday.
