America’s largest trade partner is awaiting word on whether U.S. President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on its goods.

The European Union expects to find out on Monday whether President Trump will impose more tariffs, in a move economists have warned would have repercussions on both sides of the Atlantic.

EU and US negotiators met over the weekend to secure trade deals that would help Europe avoid Trump's tariffs.The United States is warning its trading partners to negotiate new deals or face higher import taxes by August 1,

This follows last-minute talks by the EU, Japan, and South Korea to strike trade deals and avoid steep US tariffs.

President Donald Trump cranked up the pressure Monday on America’s trading partners, firing off letters to heads of several countries, informing them of their new tariff rate. But at the same time, Trump took some of the edge off by signing an executive action Monday to extend the date for all “reciprocal” tariffs,