The exclusion of some of its products from the American ones duties will be requested by the European Commission (s.s. Commission) from US President Donald Trump – from whiskey to medical equipment – according to Politico.
Pasta, cheese, wine and spirits, as well as olive oil and sunglasses, are among the priority sectors the Commission wants the US to protect from higher tariffs, along with diamonds, tools, metal pipes, ship engine parts, industrial equipment, textiles, footwear, hats, ceramics and industrial robots.
The wish list was finalized today Friday (11/21/2025) by EU countries and will be presented to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a meeting of the Union’s trade ministers on Monday (11/24/2025), Politico reports.
These sensitive export sectors were not covered in the trade deal signed in July by Trump and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland. The deal, detailed in a joint statement, exempted some items such as aircraft and generic drugs, but imposed a 15% tariff on most other European exports, while the EU pledged to completely eliminate its tariffs on US manufactured goods.
The EU’s proposal to lift the tariffs comes as Trump moves away from the blanket tariffs he imposed on US trading partners earlier this year, following a series of election losses for Republican candidates in which the rising cost of living swayed voters. A week ago, it removed “reciprocal tariffs” on more than 200 products worldwide, including products used in fertilizers, tropical fruits such as bananas and pineapples, coffee and various spices such as cocoa, cinnamon and coriander.
In his latest move, Trump eliminated tariffs on a large portion of Brazilian agricultural productsincluding beef and coffee, scrapping the additional, punitive tariffs it imposed over the summer as it clashed with Brazil’s government and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The EU’s request to lift tariffs on pasta is particularly sensitive in Italy, where the industry has been hit by the Trump administration’s threat to impose 92% tariffs from January in an anti-dumping case, on top of the 15% already in place – a level so high it bans exports to the United States.