The EU leaders will be joined for lunch by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and he's been at pains to keep an open channel to Trump to persuade the U.S. president of the value of the Atlantic alliance — including by looking for ways to make the purchase of American weapons easier and faster for Europeans.

What I want to see is strong trading relations.”The Prime Minister added: “In the discussions that I have had with President Trump, that is what we have centred on, a strong trading relationship.”Asked by the BBC early on Monday if he would target the UK with tariffs,

European Union leaders gather on Monday to discuss how to bolster the continent's defences against Russia and how to handle U.S. President Donald Trump after his decision to impose tariffs on goods from Canada,