EU freezes trade pact with US

20-Jan-2026

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The European Parliament has halted the US-EU trade deal ratification after Donald Trump imposed new Greenland-linked tariffs. Lawmakers warned that the zero-tariff pact cannot proceed and that they would prepare possible countermeasures under the anti-coercion rules.

The European Parliament has slammed the brakes on a landmark transatlantic trade pact after United States President Donald Trump imposed fresh tariffs on EU countries amid his push to gain control of Greenland from Denmark.

The move will put the future of last year's transatlantic truce in doubt. The US-EU, signed in July by Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, was meant to stabilise trade ties by keeping US tariffs on EU goods at 15 per cent while the bloc dropped duties on American exports.