White House: Got more than expected in trade deal with EU

President Trump and EU chief Juncker struck a surprise deal on Wednesday.

The US administration got more out of a trade deal with the European Union than it had expected and the two will work together to deal with China's market abuses, a top White House official told Reuters on Thursday.

President Donald Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, the EU's executive body, struck a surprise deal on Wednesday that ended the risk of an immediate trade war between the two powers.

"The EU came into the conversation and they were open to the proposals we had made about getting rid of tariffs, non-tariff barriers, and subsidies," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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