The pause on the administration's import levies will expire July 9. European Union negotiators have given up on reaching a trade new agreement by then.

The EU has agreed a package of 21 billion euros ($24.7 billion) of countermeasures, but not put them into force. The bloc is also looking into a second package, originally envisaged at 95 billion euros. That has now been whittled down to 72 billion euros after lobbying from various EU members, two of the diplomats said.

New deal includes steep tariffs on “transshipped” goods from countries like China that route through Vietnam. President Donald Trump was going to notch 90 trade deals in 90 days. Easy. Art of the deal.