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Al Jazeera Staff

US-EU trade talks: Will Ursula von der Leyen clinch a deal with Trump?

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen [File: NicolasTucat/AFP]

United States President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold crunch talks with European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland after weeks of intense trade talks between the two sides as Brussels aims to ink a deal with Washington to avoid a transatlantic trade war.

Von der Leyen, the European Commission president, will meet with the US president at his Turnberry golf club in Scotland on Sunday. European ministers are hoping the meeting will result in a deal to avoid the 30 percent tariffs that Trump has threatened on EU goods.

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