our correspondent carsten von nahmen is standing by. t of surprise at this delay instead of a real sigh of relief. 30 days from now, what would trump consider a win? carsten: i guess for donald trump, unconditional surrender by the europeans would be the preferred outcome. the president has been ranting for some time now that the european union is unfair towards the united states, and you might have very few firm convictions. but the idea that others are taking advantage of the united states and that previous u.s. leaders have been too weak to do something about it, that is a conviction that he has held for many years. but the people around him of course are ready to compromise to some extent. the commerce secretary said today that some food for discussions were going on with the europeans about reducing overall tensions in the trade relations. but i think even wilbur ross and others in the u.s. administration want major concessions from the europeans, they believe they are in the stronger position and europeans have more to lose. helena