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.”