Trump extends deadline to reach EU trade deal until July 9

Morristown, New Jersey, 26/5: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had agreed to extend a deadline for trade talks with the European Union until July 9, after the head of the EU executive body said the bloc needed more time to “reach a good deal”

Trump told reporters on Sunday that he had granted the request. He said that Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, told him “we will rapidly get together to see if we can work something out.