Top trade officials from the European Union’s member states expressed increased confidence that they can reach an agreement to dial back the US’s tariff hikes after the Trump administration struck a tentative deal with the UK and agreed to significantly de-escalate its conflict with China.

European Union trade ministers want a more ambitious trade deal than Britain has agreed with the United States, they said on Thursday, adding that such an agreement retaining U.S. tariffs would not be enough to prevent EU countermeasures.