The EU, the largest trading bloc and America’s top trading partner, had planned to introduce its own countermeasures starting Monday at midnight Brussels time. However, von der Leyen said the EU will delay those measures until August 1,

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Sunday that the European Union will extend its suspension of retaliatory tariffs against the United States in a bid to reach a negotiated settlement and avoid the imposition of 30% U.