The U.S.-EU trade agreement imposes 15 percent tariffs on most European imports, avoiding the 30 percent levies that President Trump had threatened. Critics argue the deal disproportionately favors

The United States and the European Union agreed on a framework trade deal to end months of uncertainty for industries and consumers.

The United States and the European Union avoided the worst-case scenario: a damaging, all-out trade war between allies that threatened to raise prices on a large number of goods and slow two of the world’s largest economies.