In a post on his Truth Social website on Saturday, Trump said it was his "privilege" to delay plans for a 50 percent tariff on trade with the EU from June 1 to July 9. He said it had been requested by von der Leyen, who heads the bloc's executive arm, in a phone conversation earlier in the day.

The ruling, handed down late on Monday by U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Corley in San Francisco, did not delve into the merits of California's lawsuit. Now, three separate U.S. a