While close, a deal still requires some final negotiations. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick departed Washington for Scotland on Saturday for talks with EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, who is also travelling to Scotland, before the Trump-von der Leyen meeting.

After months of intensive, often grueling, negotiations and shuttle diplomacy, the fate of a critical trade agreement between the European Union and the United States now rests squarely in the hands of one man: President Donald Trump.

After months of intensive talks and shuttle diplomacy, a trade agreement between the European Union and the US now rests mostly on Donald Trump.