The EU’s strategy is to speak with one voice as the US president uses the threat of steep tariff hikes to try to persuade countries, like Switzerland , to sign bilateral trade deals that would be advantageous to America.

European officials unveiled a $107 billion retaliatory tariff plan against the United States targeting cars, soybeans, meat and — most surprisingly — bourbon. It's the latest in a long-unwinding saga that has added,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for the lifting of all tariffs between the United States and the European Union in his first telephone call with US President Donald Trump on Friday. "I told him that I don't think it's a good idea to escalate this customs dispute,