von der Leyen stated in the declaration: "We have taken note of President Trump's statement. We hope to give negotiations a chance. While finalizing the EU countermeasures (which have been strongly supported by EU member states), we will suspend the implementation of countermeasures for 90 days."
According to reports from Sky News UK, von der Leyen emphasized: "If the negotiations are not satisfactory, we will take countermeasures... The preparations for further countermeasures continue."
However, Trump has changed his policies and enforcement on "reciprocal tariffs" multiple times. On April 7th, there were rumors that "Trump considered delaying the tariff imposition on some countries for 90 days", causing a surge in the US stock market, but was later denied. Trump's statement on April 9th objectively "upgraded" the previously denied news. When questioned by reporters, Trump called it "flexibility in policy".
As reported earlier, the EU voted on April 9th to impose a 25% tariff on $21 billion worth of US imports (approximately 1.703 trillion RMB) starting April 15th, as a countermeasure against the 25% tariffs imposed by the US on steel and aluminum imports.
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