European deputies and EU countries are facing increasing pressure ahead of key discussions on the implementation of the EU-US trade agreement. However, officials warn that the European Parliament’s requests for new guarantees might be too ambitious to secure an agreement, following crucial negotiations that will take place on Wednesday evening, according to Euronews.
Faced with tight deadlines, strict requirements, and repeated tariff threats from US President Donald Trump, EU negotiators from the European Parliament and Council enter crucial EU-US trade negotiations with slim prospects of making progress.
On Wednesday evening, German deputy Bernd Lange (S&D), the chairman of the influential European Parliament’s trade committee, and the Cypriot presidency of the EU, representing the member states, will try to finalize an agreement reached last summer at Turnberry between American President Donald Trump and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
Negotiators are under pressure following Trump’s recent threats to increase tariffs on cars manufactured in the EU from 15% to 25%, a move that has further heightened the urgency of implementing the agreement.
At the same time, they are constrained by strongly divided opinions, both among institutions and within parliamentary groups, regarding the importance of promoting the agreement at any cost to avoid ongoing uncertainty, or whether negotiations should continue in search of a more balanced agreement.
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