The U.S. and the European Union have not yet struck a trade deal with just days to go before Trump's tariff reprieve is set to end.

The EU has agreed a package of 21 billion euros ($24.7 billion) of countermeasures, but not put them into force. The bloc is also looking into a second package, originally envisaged at 95 billion euros. That has now been whittled down to 72 billion euros after lobbying from various EU members, two of the diplomats said.

With a deadline of July 9 looming, the two economic superpowers are locked in a tense negotiation to avert a trade war.