US EditionEU lawmaker urges delay to US trade deal vote after tariff upheaval
EU lawmakers seek clarity on altered US tariffs after Supreme Court ruling, delaying trade deal ratification that covers 70% of European exports with a 15% US tariff.
- A senior EU lawmaker suggested delaying the EU-US trade deal vote planned for February due to changes in the deal's terms and legal basis after US tariff adjustments.
- The US Supreme Court struck down President Trump's global tariffs on February 20, leading to a temporary 10% tariff, later raised to 15%.
- The EU and US agreed in July 2025 on a trade deal where the EU would remove many import duties on US goods and the US would apply a 15% tariff on most EU exports; EU approval is pending.
- The European Parliament initially suspended the deal vote amid political protests but later planned to vote in late February; there were calls for postponement due to confusion over US tariffs.
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European Parliament suspends US trade deal after Donald Trump tariff ruling
The European Parliament suspended ratification of a major trade agreement with the United States on Monday, following last week's Supreme Court decision that invalidated the majority of President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs
The European Parliament has suspended the process of ratifying the trade agreement between the EU and the US, pending clarifications by Washington on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision, which has partially cancelled taxes...
The European Parliament has postponed the ratification of the EU-US trade agreement, which was scheduled for Tuesday, as Brussels expects clarification from the US regarding the impact of Friday's ruling by the US Supreme Court on the US-EU trade agreement, foreign news agencies report.
The European Parliament's Trade Committee has frozen the process to approve the trade agreement between the EU and the US pending Washington's clarifications following US President Donald Trump's recent tariff announcements. For the time being, what it has done is to pause the decision to bring to the plenary the ratification of the trade pact for the announcement of a 15% global tariff in retaliation for the country's Supreme Court's decision t…
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