The 27-country bloc faces a tariff rate of 30% on imports to the U.S. if no deal is struck by next Friday. The EU is also planning to raise levies on imports from the U.S. if a pa

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said there was a 50-50 chance that the United States would reach a trade agreement with the European Union.

The European Union could hit the United States with counter-tariffs on 93 billion euros ($109 billion) worth of U.S. goods if the two sides fail to reach a trade deal by Washington's August 1 deadline for imposing import levies.