European Union Suspends US Tariff Countermeasures for 6 Months

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The tariff countermeasures were due to come into force on Aug. 7.

The EU will suspend its two packages of countermeasures to U.S. tariffs for six months, a European Commission spokesman said on Monday.

Olof Gill, the commission spokesman for trade, said in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times that the bloc “continues to work with the U.S. to finalise a Joint Statement, as agreed on 27 July.”

“With these objectives in mind, the Commission will take the necessary steps to suspend by 6 months the EU’s countermeasures against the U.S., which were due to enter into force on 7 August,” Gill added.

On July 27, after months of negotiation, President Donald Trump announced he had agreed on a trade deal with the EU.

The 27-member bloc will buy $750 billion worth of energy from the United States, and tariffs on EU imports, including for automobiles, will be set to 15 percent.

Other preliminary details of the trade deal with Brussels include a $600 billion investment by the EU in the United States, on top of its current investments.

The commission’s trade spokesman said that the agreement between Brussels and Washington “restores stability and predictability for citizens and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.”

“It secures continued access for EU exports to the U.S. market, preserves deeply integrated transatlantic value chains, effectively safeguards millions of jobs, and provides the basis for continued strategic cooperation between the EU and U.S.,” Gill said.

Formal adoption of the measures by the commission is expected to take place on Tuesday.

Deal Made by Deadline

The tariffs were set to take effect by Aug. 7 if no deal had been reached with the United States. The EU countermeasures would have amounted to $109 billion worth of American goods, including cars, pharmaceuticals, soybeans, and almonds.

The U.S.–EU trade deal was struck days before the Aug. 1 deadline, after which nearly all EU imports would have faced 30 percent tariffs.

Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met in Scotland on July 27 during the U.S. president’s trip to the UK.

When asked whether she considered 15 percent a good deal for European automakers, von der Leyen told reporters, “15 percent is not to be underestimated, but it is the best we could get.”

By Victoria Friedman

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