European Union Suspends US Tariff Countermeasures for 6 Months

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

President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 27, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

The European Union will suspend its two packages of countermeasures to U.S. tariffs for six months, a European Commission spokesman said on Aug. 4.

Olof Gill, a 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.”