EDINBURGH, Scotland — EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Donald Trump is assembly Sunday with European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, taking a break from {golfing} in Scotland to debate commerce as either side search an settlement on tariff charges now that the White Home’s deadline to impose stiff tariff charges is looming.
Trump played golf Saturday at his course in Turnberry on the southwest coast of Scotland and is anticipated to hit the hyperlinks once more steadily throughout his five-day go to. On Tuesday, he’ll be in Aberdeen, in northeast Scotland, the place his household has one other golf course and is opening a 3rd subsequent month.
Trump and his son Eric are planning to help cut the ribbon on the new course, the place public tee occasions beginning Aug. 13 are already on provide.
The go to with von der Leyen is anticipated to be behind closed doorways and few additional particulars have been launched.
Leaving the White Home on Friday, Trump mentioned “we’ve a 50-50 probability, perhaps lower than that, however a 50-50 probability of creating a cope with the EU.” He mentioned the deal must “purchase down” the presently scheduled tariff fee of 30% on the bloc of 27 member states.
Later, von der Leyen posted on X that, “Following a very good name” with Trump, the pair had ”agreed to satisfy in Scotland on Sunday to debate transatlantic commerce relations, and the way we are able to maintain them sturdy.”
The U.S. and EU appeared near reaching a deal earlier this month, however Trump as a substitute threatened a 30% tariff rate on the bloc of countries. Nonetheless, Trump’s authentic deadline for starting such tariffs has already handed, and is now delayed till no less than Friday.
Flying to Scotland to take pleasure in his golf programs hasn’t stopped the president from speaking commerce.
After going to Turnberry to play 9 holes, have lunch, then play 9 extra, Trump posted that he’d block any commerce offers between the U.S. and Cambodia and Thailand for the reason that two southeast Asian nations stay locked in violent clashes in long-disputed border areas.
Trump wrote that he spoke with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Phumtham Wechayachai, the performing prime minister of Thailand, to name for a ceasefire.
“I’m attempting to simplify a posh state of affairs!” he wrote on Reality Social after disclosing his dialog with the Cambodian chief. After talking with Wechayachai, Trump mentioned each nations need peace and added: “Ceasefire, Peace, and Prosperity appears to be a pure.”
The precise probability of a cope with the EU, in the meantime, stays to be seen.
Trump not too long ago mentioned he thought the percentages of reaching a framework with Japan was 25% — however the U.S. and Japan subsequently introduced an settlement this previous week.
The president additionally bragged earlier in his time period that he would leverage fixed threats of steep U.S. tariffs across the globe to barter higher charges and shrink commerce deficits with a few of Washington’s key allies. However, to date, that effort has fallen effectively wanting expectations, that means the onus could also be on Trump to have the ability to announce an settlement with a bloc as key to international commerce because the EU.
Trump can also be set to satisfy Monday in Scotland with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, after the 2 introduced a commerce framework in Might and a larger agreement final month in the course of the G7 in Canada. Trump says that deal is concluded and that the pair will talk about different issues — although the White Home has recommended it nonetheless wants some sprucing.
With out an EU deal, the bloc mentioned it was prepared to retaliate with tariffs on tons of of American merchandise, starting from beef and auto components to beer and Boeing airplanes.
If Trump follows by on his menace of tariffs in opposition to Europe, it might make every little thing from French cheese and Italian leather-based items to German electronics and Spanish prescribed drugs dearer within the U.S.