EU will delay planned U.S. tariffs for six months to allow for trade talks

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Source: CNBC

Published Mon, Aug 4 2025 10:27 AM EDT Updated An Hour Ago


The European Union announced Monday that it will suspend for six months its planned countermeasures against the United States’ tariffs, which which were set to take effect this week.

“On 27 July 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald J. Trump agreed a deal on tariffs and trade,” the EU Commission spokesperson for trade said in a statement.

The spokesperson touted the agreement as restoring “stability and predictability for citizens and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.” “The EU continues to work with the US to finalise a Joint Statement, as agreed on 27 July,” the spokesperson said.

“With these objectives in mind, the Commission will take the necessary steps to suspend by 6 months the EU’s countermeasures against the US, which were due to enter into force on 7 August.” The pause on the countermeasures is expected to formally take effect Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/04/trump-eu-trade-tariffs.html

[Irish_Dem]

1. How much time and money is being spent dealing with Trump's insanity?

[SunSeeker]

2. Sure, why escalate things when the US Court of Appeals is about to overturn all the tariffs?

That is, if Trump is lucky.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. But Trump's acolytes in the Supreme Court will likely let him do what he likes

unless they're really, really sure it'll create a major recession that affects them personally (eg sugar-daddies no longer able to give them vacations, RVs etc.)

[WestMichRad]

5. There they go...

… thinking that TSF and his minions will actually negotiate in good faith. Why is it taking people so long to recognize that he’s always gonna try to sucker them?

[Mawspam2]

6. The EU doesn't need to raise tariffs...

...they need to threaten an embargo. Trump will squeeze $0 in tariffs if there are no sales to the USA.

There are 8.2 billion people in the world to sell to. Take out the US's 350 million and that leaves 7.85 billion willing customers ready to accept their products without the stupid.