EU stabilising relations with US, claims Council President Costa

Published on 23/09/2025 - 15:59 GMT+2

The EU is managing to "stabilise its relations with the US", European Council President António Costa told journalists successful a radical interrogation successful New York during the UN General Assembly.

Costa touched connected US reaffirmation of its committedness to NATO and Ukraine, and the commercialized woody struck betwixt the EU and the US.

"The 27 subordinate states stay agreed successful our relatiosn with the US,” said the Council president, noting that successful January, “a batch of radical were acrophobic astir the hazard of the United States’ withdrawal from NATO.”

In June, Trump raised doubts astir the United States’ committedness to NATO, telling reporters that the alliance’s communal defence pledge could beryllium interpreted successful "numerous" ways.

“And the information is, the NATO allies reached an statement and the United States reaffirmed their committedness to NATO," Costa said.

Costa said the aforesaid applied to Ukraine.

Fears for US abandoning Ukraine misplaced, says Costa

"A batch of radical were acrophobic with the hazard that the United States springiness up connected Ukraine, and the information is the United States continues to enactment Ukraine,” helium said.

Costa noted that the US is “committed to enactment aboriginal information guarantees built connected by the conjugation of the willing”.

“And more, the US, and personally President Trump, is personally engaged to effort to bring Russia to the negotiating table,” helium said.

Trump’s gathering with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin successful Alaska successful August to alteration dialog for the extremity of the struggle successful Ukraine has not yielded factual results truthful acold and Russian attacks connected Ukraine person since intensified.

 On trade, Costa praised the EU for having reached a commercialized woody with the US.

"A batch of radical were acrophobic astir the hazard of a immense commercialized war. And we reached an agreement,” Costa said.

This deal, helium said, provided certainty and predictability, ensuring that the EU enjoyed nary worse attraction than different competitors, and avoided taxes connected European consumers done tariffs.

 In the commercialized deal, the EU accepted a 15% tariff connected astir 70% of its exports to the US, a important summation from the erstwhile 1.2% rate. Although this is little than the 30% initially threatened by the Trump administration, it inactive represents the highest transatlantic tariffs successful 70 years.