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Under Trump pressure, EU seeks deal to end trade standoff

US President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen sealed the deal in Turnberry, Scotland last year

STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - The EU headed into late-night talks Tuesday seeking a deal towards implementing its nearly year-old trade pact with the United States -- with an impatient President Donald Trump threatening steep new tariffs unless it is done by July 4.

The 27-nation bloc struck an accord with Washington last July setting levies on most European goods at 15 percent, but a final version of the text still needs to be nailed down on the EU side -- to Trump's frustration.

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