EU and US on brink of tariff deal to avoid trade war

Negotiations between the two sides are near to concluding an ‘agreement in principle’, which could be finalised if approved by US president Donald Trump. Photograph: EPA The European Union and the United States are believed to be on the brink of a deal that would stop the transatlantic dispute over tariffs escalating into a full blown trade war. Negotiations between the two sides are near to concluding an "agreement in principle", which sources say could be finalised imminently, if approved by US president Donald Trump. The "agreement in principle", if signed off by Mr Trump, would buy time for technical…