The European Union is delaying until mid-April its retaliatory trade action over the Trump administration’s increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%, senior officials said Thursday.

The European Union will wait until mid-April to impose retaliatory tariffs against some U.S. imports—including a 50% tax on American whiskey—to allow time for negotiations with the U.S. and a review of the products that will be subject to the new tax, the EU’s governing body, The European Commission, announced Thursday.

The European Union will take "a bit of time" before it responds to the new reciprocal tariff rates U.S. President Donald Trump plans to outline on April 2, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Wednesday.