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EU-US goods trade reached EUR 875 billion in 2025, according to Reuters.
Reuters reports that a study by the German Economic Institute puts EU-US goods trade at EUR 875 billion in 2025, with EU goods exports at EUR 580 billion and imports at EUR 295 billion.
Reuters reports that a study by the German Economic Institute puts goods trade between the European Union and the United States at EUR 875 billion in 2025 . The Reuters dispatch attributes that figure to the study, without reproducing in the excerpt on file the statistical method used or a breakdown by product or by Member State .
European Union goods exports to the United States are put at EUR 580 billion in the Reuters passage available . European Union goods imports from the United States are put at EUR 295 billion . Reuters also reports a European Union surplus of close to EUR 285 billion on this goods perimeter .
These amounts are presented in euros and from the perspective of European Union flows with the United States . The USTR page available in the file, for its part, publishes a United States-European Union trade summary expressed in dollars, with a distinction between goods and services . The European Commission page devoted to trade relations with the United States presents a section on the transatlantic trade relationship .
The US series published by the USTR.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative publishes, on its European Union Trade Summary page, a US series on trade with the European Union . For goods, the USTR puts United States-European Union trade at USD 1,047.6 billion in 2025 .
The same page states that US goods exports to the European Union reached USD 414.4 billion in 2025, up 12.1%, or USD 44.6 billion more than in 2024 . It puts US goods imports from the European Union at USD 633.2 billion in 2025, up 4.5%, or USD 27.5 billion more than in 2024 . The US goods deficit with the European Union is stated at USD 218.8 billion in 2025, down 7.3%, or USD 17.1 billion compared with 2024 .
For services, the USTR publishes a total trade figure, exports plus imports, estimated at USD 500.9 billion in 2024 . The page details USD 294.7 billion in US services exports to the European Union and USD 206.1 billion in US services imports from the European Union in 2024 . It puts the US services surplus at USD 88.6 billion in 2024, up 20.9%, or USD 15.3 billion compared with 2023 .
The European Commission's framing.
The European Commission page devoted to trade relations with the United States classifies the United States, under the country or region field, within the themes of negotiations and agreements as well as trade policy . It presents the EU-US relationship as covering goods, services and investment, with a summary section on facts, figures and recent developments .
The Commission states that the European Union and the United States have the largest bilateral trade and investment relationship in the world . It also describes the EU and the United States as each other's main trading partners when goods, services and investment are taken into account .
The same page cites, among critical European supplies to the United States, medicinal ingredients and pharmaceutical products, advanced machinery and equipment, as well as aerospace parts and components . It also identifies the European Union as the leading buyer of US natural gas and oil .
The joint statement of August 2025.
The European Commission publishes a page entitled "Joint Statement on a United States-European Union framework on an agreement on reciprocal, fair and balanced trade" . The page URL contains the string "2025-08-21", which dates the document to 21 August 2025 . The excerpt available presents a joint statement on a framework between the United States and the European Union for an agreement on "reciprocal, fair and balanced" trade .
The accessible passage states that "The United States and the European Union are pleased to announce that they have agreed on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciproca" . The file available does not provide the remainder of the text, nor any annex that may have been attached to that statement .
Sources cited
- reuters.com - Une étude de l'Institut économique allemand signale un record des échanges UE-États-Unis en 2025
- policy.trade.ec.europa.eu - EU trade relations with United States
- policy.trade.ec.europa.eu - Joint Statement on a United States-European Union framework on an agreement on reciprocal, fair and balanced trade - Trade and Economic Security
- ustr.gov - European Union | United States Trade Representative