TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND – JULY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announce a US-EU trade deal after a gathering at Trump Turnberry golf membership on July 27, 2025 in Turnberry, Scotland. U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting his Trump Turnberry golf course, in addition to Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, throughout a quick go to to Scotland from July 25 to 29. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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The European Union is attempting to forestall the United States from focusing on the bloc’s digital rules as either side work by way of the ultimate particulars of a delayed statement to formalize a trade deal reached final month, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
EU officers stated disagreements over language relating to “non-tariff barriers,” which the U.S. stated embrace the digital rules, are among the many causes for the hold-up of the statement, the newspaper stated.
Reuters couldn’t instantly confirm the report. The European Union, the White House and the State Department didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The statement had initially been anticipated days after the July announcement by EU President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Donald Trump, in accordance to FT.
The July deal imposed a 15% import tariff on most EU items – half the initially threatened price – and helped avert a broader trade warfare between the 2 allies, who collectively account for practically a 3rd of worldwide trade.
The U.S. wished to hold the door open for potential concessions on the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which Washington says stifles free speech and imposes prices on U.S. tech firms, in accordance to FT, which added that the fee has stated that stress-free these rules is a pink line.
The EU’s DSA is a landmark regulation meant to make the net surroundings safer and fairer by compelling tech giants to do extra to deal with unlawful content material, together with hate speech and baby sexual abuse materials.
The fee had anticipated that Trump would signal an government order by August 15 to lower tariffs on EU automotive exports to the U.S. from 27.5% to 15%. However, a U.S. official signaled that this is able to be delayed till the joint statement was finalized, in accordance to FT.