The pause on the administration's import levies will expire July 9. European Union negotiators have given up on reaching a trade new agreement by then.

European Union negotiators have failed so far to achieve a breakthrough in trade negotiations with the Trump administration and may now seek to extend the status quo to avoid tariff hikes, six EU diplomats briefed on the talks said on Friday.

President Donald Trump has acknowledged he will struggle to secure more trade deals before his 90-day pause on tariffs expires and admits the process has been “complicated.” After promising to “liberate America” and secure “90 deals in 90 days,