Von der Leyen ducks Trump’s trade blitz – but deal exposes EU’s faultlines

<p>Europe may have staved off an economic clash, but the compromise leaves the bloc facing higher tariffs and internal discord</p><p>There is no doubt that Ursula von der Leyen was under intense pressure on Sunday when she sat next to Donald Trump in the ballroom at his Turnberry golf course before what EU officials knew would be a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/27/eu-delegation-poised-for-trump-trade-talks-in-scotland">gruelling round of trade talks</a>.</p><p>As the European Commission president emerged less than an hour later to announce that the worst of Trump’s tariff threats had been avoided, the recriminations from inside the EU began almost immediately.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/28/von-der-leyen-ducks-trumps-trade-blitz-but-deal-exposes-eus-faultlines">Continue reading...</a>