EU negotiators poised to agree US trade deal as Trump deadline threat looms
By Cynthia Kroet ( May 18, 2026, 11:41 GMT | Comment) -- EU lawmakers and member states have a good chance of agreeing to greenlight the EU-US trade agreement in talks on Tuesday, overshadowed by US President Donald Trump's threat of "much higher tariffs" if the deal isn't implemented by July 4. But will the US be receptive to what lawmakers and capitals agree? They are likely to settle on text that doesn't match what was promised in a provisional EU-US deal last August.Negotiators from the European Parliament and the 27 EU member states hope to greenlight the EU-US trade agreement on Tuesday evening, eight months after the US administration and the European Commission provisionally signed the framework....
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