EU Halts US Trade Deal Ratification Amid Trump’s Questionable Tariff Tactics
As President Trump imposes a 15% global import tax under contentious legal grounds, the EU demands clarity and pauses ratification of a critical trade deal, exposing Washington’s unpredictable trade policies that threaten economic stability on both sides of the Atlantic.
In a striking display of how erratic trade policy can undermine international agreements and American economic interests, the European Union has hit pause on ratifying a trade deal with the United States. The cause? President Donald Trump’s latest move to impose a sweeping 15% global tariff on imports—an action that contradicts the very terms of the deal negotiated just months ago. European officials are rightly demanding clarity after Trump's abrupt shift in legal justification, switching from an emergency powers law struck down by the Supreme Court to another obscure section of trade legislation. This maneuver not only sidelines congressional oversight...
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