EU Set to Halt US Trade Deal Approval Over Trump Tariff Risk (1)

Feb. 23, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC

The European Union is poised to freeze the ratification process of its trade deal with the US and is seeking more details from President Donald Trump’s administration on its new tariff program.

The main political groups in the European Parliament say they’ll suspend legislative work on approving the trade deal on Monday, days after the US Supreme Court struck down Trump’s use of an emergency-powers law to impose his so-called reciprocal tariffs around the world.

European stocks hit a session low after the news, with the Stoxx Europe 600 falling 0.4%.

Zeljana Zovko, the lead trade negotiator in the ...

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