Trump clinches commerce settlement with EU with 15% tariff : NPR

President Trump shakes palms with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on July 27, 2025 at his golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, after the 2 leaders agreed to phrases for a commerce deal.

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TURNBERRY and ABERDEEN, Scotland — President Trump stated he struck a commerce cope with the European Union on Sunday after talks with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at his golf course on Scotland’s western coast.

Under the settlement, most EU exports to the United States will face a 15% tariff, down from the 30% tariff that the president had most not too long ago threatened. The EU has agreed to just accept U.S. imports with out tariffs, in response to Trump.

“This was the big one. This is the biggest of them all,” Trump instructed reporters.

Details of the settlement have been nonetheless to be supplied. But in short statements to reporters, Trump stated that metal and aluminum wouldn’t be included within the deal, saying tariffs on these have been a “worldwide thing that stays the way it is.” Pharmaceuticals won’t be included, both.

The EU agreed to purchase $750 billion price of U.S. vitality as a part of the settlement, and to speculate $600 billion into the United States, Trump stated.

The settlement comes after a crunch assembly between Trump and von der Leyen, squeezed in because the president visits Scotland to play golf at his resorts across the nation. Trump had set a Friday deadline for 30% tariffs on imported EU items to kick in.

The EU is without doubt one of the greatest buying and selling companions for the United States. Former EU commerce commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom instructed NPR that it is without doubt one of the most vital buying and selling relationships on the planet, amounting to about $4 billion in commerce a day.

Trump blames Hamas for Gaza starvation

Trump was additionally requested by reporters whether or not Israel needs to be doing extra to permit meals into Gaza. He didn’t reply the query immediately however stated that the United States had given $60 million in support in latest weeks and reiterated a criticism that the help had not been acknowledged.

“Nobody gave but us. And nobody said, ‘Gee, thank you very much.’ And it would be nice to have at least a thank you,” Trump stated.

He added that “the U.S. is going to do more aid for Gaza, but we’d like to have other countries participate.”

Trump stated photographs of desperation from Gaza have been “terrible” however blamed Hamas. “If we weren’t there, I think people would have starved. Frankly, they would have starved. And it’s not like they’re eating well, but a lot of that food is getting stolen by Hamas,” he stated.

Trump additionally stated he anticipated to debate the state of affairs in Gaza when he meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday.