EU Trade Deal with Trump Administration Faces Internal Doubts and Legal Uncertainties

In a development raising alarms for American economic interests, Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament’s trade committee, publicly voiced reservations over the EU’s freshly minted trade deal with the Trump administration. His concerns expose cracks in what was hailed as a breakthrough for transatlantic commerce, reminding us that even well-intentioned agreements require careful scrutiny to ensure they favor national sovereignty and economic security. When ‘Predictability’ Becomes a Moving Target The July 27 agreement, negotiated by then-President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, aimed to ease tariffs—dropping EU tariffs on U.S. cars and industrial goods to...