Trump gives EU until 4 July to ratify trade deal or face ‘much higher’ tariffs

Trump sets Fourth of July deadline as he vents impatience at speed of EU’s implementation Donald Trump has said the EU must ratify its trade deal with the US by 4 July or face “much higher” tariffs, after European officials fell short of agreement on the pact. Trump said he spoke to the EU chief, Ursula von der Leyen, about the issue and, he posted on his Truth Social platform, “agreed to give her until our Country’s 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much
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Donald Trump has walked back from his threat to tear up part of the US trade deal with the EU by hiking tariffs on car imports.
The US president has given the EU until 4 July to implement its side of the deal, reducing tariffs to zero on most American imports, warning that the bloc would face “much higher” tariffs if it did not do so.
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