The European Union will delay ratification of its trade agreement with the United States after the US Supreme Court struck down a large share of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
The decision follows a ruling on Friday that found Trump lacked authority to introduce several duties last spring. After the judgment, Trump announced new across-the-board import tariffs of 10 per cent. The rate rose to 15 per cent on Saturday.
The European Parliament’s trade committee had planned to vote on Tuesday on removing tariffs on US industrial goods under the deal agreed in July 2025. Parliamentary negotiators will now meet in an extraordinary session on Monday to decide on suspending the process.
The agreement reached last summer provided for the EU to scrap most of its import tariffs on US goods. In return, the United States set duties of 15 per cent on products from the bloc.
The ratification process was due to conclude in March. It had already been frozen once following statements by Trump concerning Greenland.
Now the bloc moves to pause the process again amid uncertainty over US trade policy.
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