EU May Freeze U.S. Trade Deal After Trump Loses Tariff Case

The European Parliament’s trade chief will propose freezing the ratification process of the European Union’s trade deal with the US until it receives details from President Donald Trump’s administration on its trade policy, Jorge Valero reported for Bloomberg.

The about-face in Parliament comes after the US Supreme Court struck down Trump’s use of an emergency-powers law to impose his so-called reciprocal tariffs around the world. (Photo: European Parliament - European Union)

Bernd Lange, chairman of the parliament’s trade committee, said he will propose suspending legislative work on approving the so-called Turnberry Agreement at a recent emergency meeting “until we have a comprehensive legal assessment and clear commitments from the US.”

“Pure customs chaos on the part of the US government,” Lange wrote on social media.

“Nobody can make sense of it anymore — only unanswered questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners.”

The about-face in Parliament comes after the US Supreme Court struck down Trump’s use of an emergency-powers law to impose his so-called reciprocal tariffs around the world.

The parliamentary committee froze the approval process once before after Trump threatened to annex Greenland.