Trump says EU auto tariffs will depend on negotiations, not long-awaited Commerce report

President Trump said Wednesday that the decision whether to impose automobile and auto parts tariffs on the European Union would be based on whether the EU agreed to a deal, rather than on a long-awaited Commerce Department report on the subject.

“It is something we certainly think about. We are trying to make a deal. They are very tough to make a deal with, the EU. They’ve been very difficult,” Trump told reporters when asked if tariffs were coming. “We are negotiating with them. If we do not make a deal, we’ll do the tariffs.”