European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily halt most U.S. tariffs, but she did not say whether the European Union intends to press ahead with its own retaliatory measures.

By Philip Blenkinsop, Joe Cash and Andrea Shalal BRUSSELS/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Union will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump temporarily lowered the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries,

The European Union is putting on hold its planned tariffs on U.S. products after Trump said he would pause a major part of his administration’s own tariffs on goods, including from Europe.