US President Donald Trump said on May 26 that the European Union had requested an extension of the window for trade talks and had agreed to extend the deadline until July 9. Last week Trump said he would impose a 50% tariff on European Union imports from June 1. This comes after European Union Commission President von der Leyen said on Sunday after a phone call with Trump that the European Union was ready to move forward with trade talks with the United States "quickly and decisively", but that ...