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Department of State Press Briefing — EU Trade Deal, Cambodia-Thailand Ceasefire, and the UN Two-State Conference, Jul. 29, 2025

July 29, 2025 · U.S. Department of State · 0:46:43

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What happened

Spokesperson Tammy Bruce opened by saying, as she stated it, that the United States will not participate in the UN conference on the two-state solution being held in New York, which she called an unproductive, ill-timed publicity stunt that will prolong the war in Gaza, embolden Hamas, and reward its obstruction, as she stated it, adding that Secretary Rubio has called the effort a slap in the face to the victims of October 7th, as she quoted him.

Bruce welcomed, as she stated it, the ceasefire declaration announced the previous day between Cambodia and Thailand, saying President Trump and Secretary Rubio spoke with their Cambodian and Thai counterparts on July 26 and that the United States, working with Malaysia, co-organized the ceasefire talks in Kuala Lumpur on July 28, hosted by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as she stated it. She also said, as she stated it, that the State Department is deploying a U.S.-based team to support Philippine typhoon and tropical storm relief, including food distribution for displaced families, and that the United States has helped transport tens of thousands of food packs to the hardest-hit communities, as she stated it.

On the trade deal with the European Union announced the previous day by President Trump, Bruce said, as she stated it, that the EU will purchase $750 billion of U.S. energy and make new investments of $600 billion in the United States, all by 2028, providing Americans unprecedented levels of market access to the European Union, as she stated it. Spokesperson Bruce is not among this site’s tracked officials, so the page carries no official tag.

Why it matters

The briefing is a compact statement of the administration’s foreign policy that week: boycott of the two-state conference, a U.S.-brokered Southeast Asia ceasefire it helped organize, and a transatlantic trade deal with energy and investment figures that will be tracked against deliveries by 2028.

Scoreboard watch

The EU deal figures announced at this briefing — $750 billion in EU purchases of U.S. energy and $600 billion in new EU investment in the United States, all by 2028, as stated by Spokesperson Bruce — are dated, checkable commitments as stated. Flagged as scoreboard candidates for the editor; no verdict is published from this page.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, “Department of State Press Briefing - July 29, 2025”, 2025-07-29 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-07-29). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.