European Commission Adopts Regulation to Counter Potential US Tariffs

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On 24 July 2025, the European Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1564, reintroducing commercial rebalancing measures against the United States in response to ongoing US safeguard tariffs on EU exports.

The move follows the expiration of a prior suspension agreement (for previous coverage, seeEU Suspends Retaliatory Tariffs for Goods from US Until 6 August 2025 (15 July 2025)) and aims to counteract economic harm caused by Section 232 of the United States’ Trade Expansion Act and the tariffs imposed on steel and aluminium, passenger vehicles and light trucks, and on certain automobile parts, and on a wide range of other products. The Commission may revise the regulation if the United States adjusts its tariff regime (for prior coverage, see European Commission Suspends Tariff Countermeasures for 90 days After US Tariff Pause (10 April 2025)).

For now, however, as an answer to President Trump’s “Reciprocal Tariff Policy”, the European Union is imposing:

  • additional ad valorem duties (0%–30%) on a wide range of US-origin imports;
  • export bans on selected EU goods destined for the United States; and
  • duty suspensions for military and humanitarian goods.

These measures are detailed in Annexes I–XIV of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1564 and will be phased in from 7 August 2025 to 7 February 2026.

More information relating to tariff measures can be found on IBFD's International Guide on Global Trade.

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