EU’s Dombrovskis Says ‘Making Progress’ in Trade Talks With US EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis speaks during a news conference following a Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg on June 19. Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg The European Union is continuing intensive trade talks with the US ahead of a July 9 tariff deadline set by President Donald Trump and is “making progress,” according to EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis. “Our preference is to find a mutually acceptable solution and in a sense to park those trade tensions,” he told a news conference after a meeting of euro-area finance ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday.
