EU and US agree trade deal, with 15% tariffs for European exports to America

The United States and the European Union ended a one -month stance between the two largest two in the world and reached a trade agreement.

Following the negotiations between President Donald Trump and the European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen in Scotland, the couple settled in the US tariff in all EU goods in 15%of the USA.

This is half of Trump’s 30% import tax rate, which starts to implement on Friday. Authorized, the 27 -member block markets will open the US exporters with zero percent of certain products, he said.

Von der leyen greeted the agreement by saying that it would stability for both allies, which constitute almost one -third of global trade.

Trump has used tariffs against large US trade partners to reorganize the global economy and correct the American trade deficit.

In addition to the EU, although it has not reached the target of “90 agreements” in 90 days “, he made tariff agreements with England, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.

Sunday’s agreement, Trump and von der leyen after the private talks between the South Ayrshire Turnberry Golf field was announced.

Trump, who made a five -day visit to Scotland, said: “We reached an agreement. A good deal for everyone.”

“It will bring us together,” he added.

Von der leyen also greeted “a big agreement” after “difficult negotiations”.

Trump said the EU will increase its investment in the US $ 600 billion (£ 446 billion), including American military equipment, and will spend $ 750 billion on energy.

Von Der Leyen said the investment in the American investment in spiritual gas, oil and nuclear fuels will help reduce Europe’s confidence in Russian power supplies.

Some goods will not attract any tariffs, including aircraft and aircraft parts, some chemicals and some agricultural products. A separate agreement on semiconductors can be explained soon.

Von Der Leyen, “I would like to thank President Trump for his personal commitment and the leadership of the leadership of this breakthrough.” He said.

“A difficult negotiator, but also a dealer.”

The US President also said that a 50% tariff applied globally in steel and aluminum will remain in place.

Both parties can paint this agreement as a victory.

For the EU, the tariffs could have been worse: the 10% tariff rate of England is not as good, but Japan’s negotiating 15% is the same.

For the United States, the government funds are equal to the expectation of tariff revenue of approximately $ 90 billion to government polls based on last year’s trade figures, and there is also hundreds of billions of dollars investment because it arrives in the USA.

From what we know about this agreement, there is nothing to make it easier to open the EU to imports such as American cars or agricultural products.

Nevertheless, in this agreement, it is too opposite to the US. What the EU wins is less open.

Von der Lenin drew attention to the fact that he talked about the trade relationship “re -balance”.

Previously, the EU had argued that the relationship was not unstable because it bought more services than the EU has sold it from America.

To seal the agreement, Von der Leye seemed to deliberately speak Trump’s tongue.

Something is clear: The US President celebrates after hitting the biggest trade agreement in history.

The trade of goods between the EU and the United States was about 976 billion dollars last year. The US imported approximately 606 billion dollars from the EU and exported approximately 370 billion dollars in 2024.

This is a point of adhesion for Trump. He says that trading relations like this means that the United States “lost”.

If he had followed tariffs against Europe, import taxes would be received from Spanish drugs to Italian leather, German electronic and French cheeses.

The EU said it was ready to retaliate with tariffs on US goods, including car parts, Boeing aircraft and beef.

European leaders welcomed the agreement carefully.

Irish Prime Minister Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that tariffs would still be higher than before and made trade “more expensive and more challenging”.

Among the EU countries, Ireland is the most dependent on the US as an export market.

Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the agreement on X has “managed to prevent a trade conflict that will hardly hit Germany’s export economy”.

“Stable and predictable trade relations with market access provide benefits to everyone on both sides of the Atlantic, businesses and consumers on both sides.”

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed the agreement, but italy said that it should see the details according to the ANSA News Agency.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans his own meeting with Trump at Turnberry on Monday.

The US President will be in Aberdeen on Tuesday, where his family has another golf field and opens one -third next month.

The president and his sons are planning to help cut the lane in New Fairway.