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

President Trump shakes palms with European Fee 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 mentioned he struck a commerce take care of the European Union on Sunday after talks with the president of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen, at his golf course on Scotland’s western coast.

Screengrab of a data table showing a list of countries who have received tariff letters or have recently struck deals with the U.S.

Below the settlement, most EU exports to the USA will face a 15% tariff, down from the 30% tariff that the president had most lately threatened. The EU has agreed to simply accept U.S. imports with out tariffs, in keeping with Trump.

“This was the large one. That is the most important of all of them,” Trump instructed reporters.

Particulars of the settlement had been nonetheless to be supplied. However in short statements to reporters, Trump mentioned that metal and aluminum wouldn’t be included within the deal, saying tariffs on these had been a “worldwide factor that stays the way in which it’s.” Prescription drugs won’t be included, both.

An aerial view picture of the port of Santos, the largest port complex in Latin America and one of the largest in the world, taken on Thursday in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.

The EU agreed to purchase $750 billion value of U.S. power as a part of the settlement, and to speculate $600 billion into the USA, Trump mentioned.

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 largest buying and selling companions for the USA. Former EU commerce commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom instructed NPR that it is without doubt one of the most essential 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 must be doing extra to permit meals into Gaza. He didn’t reply the query straight however mentioned that the USA had given $60 million in help in current weeks and reiterated a criticism that the help had not been acknowledged.

Mohammad is a year and a half old and nearly all bone. His eyes protrude, as does his swollen stomach. His spine is so sharp and so defined, it seems it might poke through his thin skin.

“No one gave however us. And no person mentioned, ‘Gee, thanks very a lot.’ And it might be good to have at the least a thanks,” Trump mentioned.

He added that “the U.S. goes to do extra help for Gaza, however we might wish to produce other international locations take part.”

Trump mentioned photographs of desperation from Gaza had been “horrible” however blamed Hamas. “If we weren’t there, I feel folks would have starved. Frankly, they’d have starved. And it is not like they’re consuming properly, however a whole lot of that meals is getting stolen by Hamas,” he mentioned.

Trump additionally mentioned he anticipated to debate the scenario in Gaza when he meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday.