Alan Rappeportcontributed reporting from Washington. Ana Swanson covers trade and international economics for The Times and is based in Washington. She has been a journalist for more than a decade. The post Threat of More Tariffs Hangs Over Countries Negotiating Trade Deals appeared first on New York Times., Tariff negotiations with the Trump administration are running into roadblocks, as partners including Japan, India and the European Union balk at signing deals without knowing how badly they’ll , President Trump threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on all goods coming into the U.S. from the European Union, as he ruled out striking a trade deal with Brussels. This strategy would hit, Trump made good on the threat on Tuesday, sparking a drop in global markets and retaliation from other countries. "We can't take that risk right now," the investor said days before Trump levied, Most notably, the US and China stepped closer to a full tariff and trade deal, making a pact to formally cement the informal trade understanding reached in Geneva talks in May., .