EU’s Trade Chief to Meet With US Officials as EU Braces for Tariff Showdown

The talks come amid rising tensions over plans to impose steep tariffs on European Union goods if no deal is reached by August.

Then-EU Commissioner designate Maros Sefcovic attends his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on Nov. 4, 2024. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images

The European Union’s trade leader is headed to Washington for face-to-face negotiations with the Trump administration, a spokesman for the economic bloc said.

On July 16, EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic is scheduled to meet separately with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, European Commission trade spokesperson Olof Gill told reporters on Wednesday.