It is worth pausing to consider what happened in the last three weeks in the EU. The deal was put on Trump’s table and since Wednesday the EU has waited. after newsletter promotionWhen asked about the negotiation pivot, one diplomat in Brussels said on Thursday: “This has been extremely tough. A 30% tariff will almost certainly trigger a trade war, even a 15% tariff will be difficult to “eat” (the now widely used term for absorbing tariffs). Trade ministers meet in Brussels on Monday, just hours before midnight when the current pause on their own retaliatory tariffs against the US expires.