US trade deal will need to be honoured by the EU or 35% blanket tariffs will be applied to the bloc, US President Donald Trump has warned. On Tuesday President Trump was quizzed on the deal he agreed by handshake with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland on 27 July on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ via phone.

President Trump warned that if the European Union fails to deliver on its commitment to invest $600 billion in the US, then he will ramp up tariffs against the 27-nation bloc. Last month, Trump and the EU unveiled the sketches of a preliminary trade deal,

Japan agreed to a $550-billion "signing bonus," the president said, calling the funds "our money to invest as we like." Likewise, the EU has agreed to invest $600 billion into U.S. industry and purchase $750 billion in American energy,