Trump has periodically railed against the European Union saying it was 'formed to screw the United States' on trade.

A threatened 30% tariff on European wines would hurt many U.S. companies while hiking prices at home and in restaurants, industry experts warn.

The EU is ready to counter with tariffs on $140 billion worth of US goods if no deal is reached. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President Trump plans to impose 30% tariffs on EU imports starting August 1, prompting French dairy leaders to warn of 'disastrous' impacts on their exports.

Confident that his right-wing populist policies would help win him favor with Trump’s administration, Orbán said in an interview in April that while tariffs “will be a disadvantage,” his government was negotiating “other economic agreements and issues that will offset them.”

Economists had already downgraded growth for the European Union, and the new duties would hit industries there especially hard. Companies are looking for ways to blunt the impact.

TURNBERRY, Scotland, July 27 (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday to clinch a trade deal that would likely result in a 15% tariff on most EU goods, but end months of uncertainty for European Union companies.