MEPs hail ‘good progress’ but deal on US trade pact remains elusive
MEPs are still to agree their final position on the trade agreement with the US — despite pleas from the bloc’s top trade negotiator for a ‘breakthrough’.
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Listen: Trump threatens with new tariffs on cars, will the EU retaliate?
A few days ago, Donald Trump threatened Europeans with new tariffs on cars. This time around, will the EU show some teeth?
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‘Nothing changes’ — but what’s the point of a trade deal with Trump?The EU Commission insists that Donald Trump’s latest threat of 25-percent tariffs on EU car exports ‘changes nothing’. But is a US trade deal viable when the president changes his mind on a daily basis?
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Gunboat trade policy: how Trump’s tariffs have ended ‘free-trade’ orthodoxy
Despite its insistence that it supports ‘rules-based trade’, the EU has accepted president Donald Trump’s tariffs. And its own trade agenda is more complicated than just free trade.
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Trade chief urges MEPs to fast-track US pact despite new Trump tariff threat
EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič told MEPs that he had received assurances from Donald Trump’s officials in Washington that the EU-US agreement brokered last summer remained in place
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EU halts US trade pact pending ‘clarity’ on tariffs from Washington
MEPs have scrapped plans to vote on the EU-US trade deal on Tuesday, amid the ‘chaos’ of the new Donald Trump trade tariffs unilaterally announced at the weekend following a Supreme Court defeat.
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EU should strike now Trump tariffs have been defeated by Supreme Court
With Friday’s Supreme Court verdict Donald Trump is off balance and on the defensive. The moment is opportune to stand up to his bullying tactics. He has not looked this vulnerable since he was reeling from the market reactions to his initial Liberation Day tariffs.
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EU Parliament committee nears deal on EU‑US trade pact
“We must set clear boundaries and be ready to freeze negotiations or the application,” said S&D trade committee chair Bernd Lange
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The EU-India trade deal: ‘mother of deals’ or ‘overhyped’ and full of loopholes? The answer may be both
Why the EU-India trade deal sparks both praise and pushback — explained.
