US Envoy Says EU Faces Higher Tariffs if Trade Deal Fails

US Ambassador to the European Union Andrew Puzder warned the bloc should expect more tariffs if it doesn’t approve a stalled trade deal with Washington.

“If the trade deal goes away, you guys get hit with the increased tariffs, and for us, nothing changes,” Puzder told Bloomberg News on Monday.

“It’s economic malpractice not to pass this,” he added.

Puzder’s remarks come as the full European Parliament prepares for a vote Thursday on the EU-US trade deal, which US President Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, the EU’s top executive, sealed last year in Turnberry, Scotland.

The vote ...