A senior German politician said on Sunday the European Union and Washington could negotiate further and postpone higher import duties after U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up the trade war by threatening a hike in tariffs on the bloc.

Letters went to 23 other American trading partners this week, including Canada, Japan and Brazil, setting blanket tariff rates ranging from 20 percent

Most nations are still negotiating in hopes of avoiding punitive import taxes. At the same time, they’re looking for trading partners as a way around the United States.

JAKARTA: With trade tensions between the United States and its partners on the rise, President Prabowo Subianto arrived in Brussels over the weekend in a bid to finalise Indonesia's most ambitious trade pact yet,

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened duties of 30% on products from Mexico and the European Union, two of America’s biggest trading partners, in an ongoing tariff campaign that’s upended global trade since he retook office in January.

The United States will start charging 30% tariffs on August 1 on products coming into the country from the European Union, President Donald Trump confirmed Saturday.