On 5 August 2025, the European Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1727, suspending the commercial rebalancing measures imposed under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1564. The suspension follows the political agreement reached between the EU and the US on 27 July 2025 (see our prior blog post on the EU – US Trade Deal here) and signals the EU’s intent to continue the negotiations constructively.
On 24 July 2025, the EU published Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2025/1564 with updated countermeasures as a response to the US tariffs on cars and automotive parts, as well as the reciprocal tariffs. This Regulation also consolidated the earlier EU countermeasures in response to US tariffs into one single Regulation in the interests of clarity and legal certainty, repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) 2018/724, (EU) 2018/886, (EU) 2020/502 and (EU) 2025/778. Additionally, the Regulation introduced new retaliatory tariffs on US-originating goods and, for the first time, imposed export restrictions on certain EU-originating goods destined for the US.
These countermeasures are now suspended until further notice. The European Commission will monitor developments in EU–US trade relations and may reinstate the countermeasures if the US fails to uphold its commitments or if negotiations stall.
Baker McKenzie closely monitors the developments and issues regular alerts accordingly – please also check our Import and Trade Remedies Blog and Looking Ahead: Business Impacts of the Trump Administration for regular updates and insight.
