EU halts 93-bln-euro tariffs on U.S. goods despite members' dissent
2025-08-06 12:31:32 source：CGTN
August 6, 2025
The European Commission on Tuesday formally suspended planned retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports worth 93 billion euros (about $108 billion U.S. dollar), just days before they were due to take effect.
The commission's trade spokesperson, Olof Gill, said the decision was adopted under an emergency procedure and will require formal approval by a simple majority of member states within two weeks. The tariffs were scheduled to take effect on August 7.
"The Commission has today adopted necessary legal procedures to suspend the implementation of our European Union (EU) countermeasures," Gill told a press briefing in Brussels, adding that the regulation would be published in the EU's official journal later the same day.
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