In total, the suspended EU countermeasures cover €21 billion of US exports. 

The Commission has adopted two legal acts on 14 April which, respectively, impose and suspend its countermeasures: 

• The first act imposes the EU countermeasures. 
• The second act suspends all such measures until 14 July 2025.

On 14 April, the Commission adopted two implementing acts – one that adopts the EU countermeasures, and another act that immediately suspends them.

Concretely, the first implementing act, which imposes the EU response:  

• Calibrates the 2018 measures reducing of the duty rate level to maximum 25% across the board and revising its scope (annex I). 
• Introduces the new package of countermeasures to respond to the expansion of the US tariffs to new products the increase of US tariffs on aluminium from 10 to 25% (annexes II-IV).

The second act suspends all measures until 14 July 2025.

 For more information

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/778 of 14 April 2025 on commercial rebalancing measures concerning certain products originating in the United States of America and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/886

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/786 of 14 April 2025 suspending commercial rebalancing measures concerning certain products originating in the United States imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/778 and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2882