President Trump’s ever-swerving tariff regime has taken more sharp turns this week.On July 7, his administration pushed back some of its most punishing duties by three more weeks to August, following a 90-day delay.

The European Commission describes the trade between the U.S. and the EU as "the most important commercial relationship in the world.” The value of EU-U.S. trade in goods and services amounted to 1.7 trillion euros ($2 trillion) in 2024, or an average of 4.6 billion euros a day, according to EU statistics agency Eurostat.