EU Advances US Trade Deal Ahead of Trump’s July Deadline

The agreement covers trade, energy, AI chips, and defense procurement.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Trump Turnberry golf club in Scotland, on July 27, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

European lawmakers reached a provisional agreement on May 20 to remove import ​duties on U.S. goods, ahead of President Donald Trump’s July 4 tariff deadline for the bloc to implement its trade-deal commitments.

The move brings the EU closer to implementing tariff elements of the U.S.–EU trade framework agreement agreed politically at Trump’s Turnberry resort in Scotland in July 2025 and detailed in an Aug. 21, 2025, joint statement.