{"id":2427895,"date":"2025-04-26T20:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T00:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-meet-with-eus-von-der-leyen-amid-tariff-battle-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T20:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T00:39:37","slug":"trump-to-meet-with-eus-von-der-leyen-amid-tariff-battle-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-meet-with-eus-von-der-leyen-amid-tariff-battle-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to meet with EU\u2019s von der Leyen amid tariff battle &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-to-meet-with-eus-von-der-leyen-amid-tariff-battle-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2427895&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald trump is set to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen following a brief encounter at Pope Francis\u2019s funeral in Vatican City. european Commission spokeswoman Paula Pinho confirmed the meeting, which has not yet been officially acknowledged by the White House. The upcoming discussions are notably meaningful considering the ongoing tariff tensions, with the U.S. having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kennedy-compares-tariffs-to-whiskey-and-bets-every-foreign-trade-rep-will-negotiate\/\" title=\"John Kennedy compares tariffs to whiskey and bets \u2018every foreign trade rep\u2019 will negotiate\">imposed 10% tariffs<\/a> on EU exports and 25% levies on automobiles, steel, and aluminum. Trump expressed optimism about reaching a trade agreement with europe before a pause on higher reciprocal tariffs ends in 90 days, stating, \u201cOf course there will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-war-is-over-nigel-farage-on-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union-announcing-they-finally-have-come-to-an-agreement\/\" title=\"...The War Is Over\u201d \u2013 Nigel Farage On The United Kingdom and the ... Announcing They Finally Have Come to an Agreement\">trade deal<\/a>.&#8221; If an agreement isn&#8217;t reached, Europe may face a 20% tariff on most goods exported to the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump to meet with EU&rsquo;s von der Leyen amid tariff battle<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2106466\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to meet following a brief conversation at <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pope-francis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pope Francis<\/a>&lsquo;s funeral in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vatican\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vatican City<\/a> on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>European Commission spokeswoman Paula Pinho confirmed the future meeting in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pinhopau\/status\/1916098991348998162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1916098991348998162%7Ctwgr%5E7b5fbbc88a2bae07b5551e3d8835bde06d861168%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.eu%2Farticle%2Fursula-von-der-leyen-donald-trump-meet-after-brief-interaction-pope-funeral%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post \">post <\/a>on X that included a photo showing Trump shaking hands with the top EU official alongside first lady Melania Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3392670\/cia-official-son-killed-fighting-for-russia-agency-confirms\/\">CIA official&#8217;s son killed while fighting for Russia, spy agency confirms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3390750\/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-war-negotiations-diplomatic-overtures\/\">Trump&#8217;s diplomatic overtures to Putin fall on deaf ears<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3385963\/middle-east-turkey-expansion-trump-administration-israel-military\/\">Turkey&rsquo;s expansionist Middle East aspirations don&#8217;t bother the Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In their brief exchange, President von der Leyen and President Trump agreed to meet,&rdquo; Pinho said.<\/p>\n<p>No other details about the meeting were revealed and it has not been confirmed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has yet to meet with von der Leyen since taking office in January. The news of a meeting between the two in the near future comes as the European Union has been slapped with 10% tariffs on all its exports by the United States. Europe also faces 25% levies on automobiles, steel, and aluminum.<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting with Italian Prime Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/giorgia-meloni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Giorgia Meloni<\/a> last week at the White House, Trump expressed confidence that a trade deal between Europe and the U.S. could be reached before a 90-day pause on his significantly higher, so<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-called reciprocal tariffs ends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of course there will be a trade deal, very much. They want to make one very much. And we are going to make a trade deal. I fully expect it. And it will be a fair deal,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>If a trade deal isn&rsquo;t reached by early July, when the &ldquo;reciprocal&rdquo; tariff pause ends, Europe would be facing a 20% tariff on most of its goods exported to the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2106466\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2106466\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump and EU&#8217;s von der Leyen to meet after Vatican chat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2427896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-von-der-leyen-meeting.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39748,54147,50212,3634,54146],"class_list":["post-2427895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-eu","tag-tariff-battle","tag-trade-relations","tag-trump","tag-von-der-leyen"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-von-der-leyen-meeting.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427895"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427899,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427895\/revisions\/2427899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2427896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2427895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2427895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}