EU 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.
- The European Commission has requested full clarity and compliance from the United States after the US Supreme Court struck down some tariffs, calling the situation disruptive to fair trans-Atlantic trade as outlined in the 2025 EU-US Joint Statement.
- Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's international trade committee, proposed pausing the ratification of the US-EU trade deal due to unpredictable and confusing US tariff decisions.
- EU-US trade in goods and services was valued at 1.7 trillion euros in 2024, with the EU expecting the US to honor the commitments set out in the Joint Statement and maintain tariff levels within agreed limits.
- The EU's Anti-Coercion Instrument could be invoked to retaliate against US trade measures, potentially restricting trade and investment and impacting US companies' access to the EU market.
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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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