On 2 April 2025, President Trump announced the imposition of a series of "reciprocal" tariffs on imports into the US, including 10% on all imports regardless of their country of origin (effective 5 April 2025, including the EU) along with additional various country-specific rates for imports from various US trading partners (effective 9 April 2025, including an additional 10% on the EU) (White House - Executive Order 14257, Atlantic Council, EY - Tax News). On 9 April 2025, Trump ordered a 90-day suspension of the additional various country-specific rates for all countries, except China, as negotiations continued (White House - Executive Order 14266, CNN). That suspension is scheduled to expire at "12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time" on 9 July 2025, meaning the additional various country-specific rates would again take effect unless additional action is taken. If no additional action is taken, the total "reciprocal" tariff rate on imports from the European Union will return to 20%. The question will be suspended on 14 July 2025 and the outcome determined using available information from the US government. If different total "reciprocal" tariff rates are in effect in the same calendar day, the rate in effect for the majority of the day (eastern time) will count for resolution. Changes merely exempting specific classes of goods from the "reciprocal" tariff rate are immaterial.

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