Trading Partner Portal: European Union
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Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal
The White House, July 28, 2025
EU-US trade deal explained
European Union, July 28, 2025
EU Trade in the US: Trade Data Tool
European Union, 2025
- EU trade and investment creates nearly 3.4 million jobs for Americans
- The EU is the single biggest investor in the U.S.
- The U.S. enjoys a trade surplus in services exports to the EU
The EU market represents 451.13 million people and has a total GDP of $21.24 trillion as of 2025, per the World Bank. The United States has 341.78 million people and a GDP of $30.77 trillion as of 2025.
The European Union (EU) consists of 27 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. The EU currently has 46 trade agreements with 77 countries, with 9 countries recognized as candidates for membership: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Of the these, 6 are currently in in official process to join the EU: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, North Macedonia, Turkey, Montenegro, and Serbia. Kosovo has officially applied but has not been granted candidate status.
U.S. – EU Trade
Two-way goods trade between the European Union and United States was over $1 trillion in 2025. The United States exported $414.43 billion worth of goods to EU member nations in 2025.
Top U.S. exports to the EU were chemicals ($99.77 billion), oil and gas ($69.08 billion), transportation equipment ($62.36 billion), computer & electronic products ($46.53 billion), and non-electrical machinery ($23.49 billion).
Imports into the U.S. from the EU totaled $633.18 billion in 2025. Top imports from the EU to the U.S. were chemicals ($239.16 billion), transportation equipment ($69.89 billion), non-electrical machinery ($67.28 billion), computer and electronic products ($41.03 billion), and goods returned ($33.05 billion).
California – EU Trade
California goods exports to the EU totaled $31.38 billion in 2025. California is the second largest exporting state to the European Union, with computer and electronic products ($8.67 billion) being the largest export category, chemicals ($4.95 billion).
Other top exports were agricultural products ($3.44 billion), miscellaneous manufactures ($2.95 billion), and non-electrical machinery ($ 2.69 billion). European Union countries purchase over 16 percent of all California exports. For California companies, this single market presents a stable market with huge opportunity.
Imports from the EU to California totaled $35.72 billion and consisted of transportation equipment ($9.04 billion), computer and electronic products ($4.55 billion), non-electrical machinery ($3.53 billion), chemicals ($2.55 billion), and goods returned ($2.32 billion).
FDI – European Union
The U.S. and EU transatlantic economy supported 16 million jobs, totaled $7.5 trillion in comercial sales per year, and accounts for one third of world GDP. Roughly 5.3 million jobs in the U.S. are directly supported by European companies and 4.6 million jobs from U.S. companies are in Europe. The top five service exports from the U.S. to the EU are: business services including Telecom, travel including passenger fares, royalties and licensing fees, financial services including insurance, and transport. The top five agricultural exports from the US to the EU are: tree nuts, soybeans, wine and beer, prepared food, and oils.
The U.S. and EU are each other’s primary source and destination for foreign direct investment (FDI). The U.S. invested $4 trillion in the EU based on a historical cost basis, representing 56% of total U.S. investment abroad, and the EU invested $3.5 trillion in the U.S, roughly 64% of all global investment in the United States. (AmCham Europe Report).
California had the most jobs supported by European FDI totaling nearly 500,000. European companies accounted for 58% of foreign affiliate jobs in California. (AmCham Europe Report).
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