German lawmaker Bernd Lange (S&D), ’'s chief negotiator on the EU-U.S. trade deal, defended the EU legislative process aimed at implementing the agreement on Friday, opposing U.S. criticism that ’'s European Union is moving too slowly.
Comments came after US President Donald Trump’ was given toUnder the agreement signed with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Turnberry’ last year, the EU will reduce customs duties on U.S. goods to zero by 4 July’, otherwise warning of new customs duties on European products.
Washington has stepped up pressure on Brussels to accelerate legislation needed to implement the deal. But negotiations between AB’'s legislators is defectiveWednesday night to make a deal.
In a statement, Lange said “European legislation cannot be dictated by threatening Washington’'s social media posts, adding: Our democratic procedures are non-negotiable. "Even in stormy weather, we move on decisively." - ”
Last week, Trump told EU tools if the bloc fails to implement its part of the deal. threatened to impose tariffs; the Turnberry’ It was well above the ’ ceiling.
Recent threats have not changed negotiations between the AP’s and member states due to assurances that Parliament ’ wants to be added to the deal.
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Since the signing of the agreement, Parliament has been among the harshest critics of the agreement, with legislators saying that EU’nin %He denounced the regulation, which he sees as a disproportionate arrangement in which he faces 15 customs duties and has reduced his own customs duties to zero while committing large investments in the U.S. ’.
MEPs suspended the deal earlier this year after Trump’ threatened tariffs against Europe’ in an effort to buy Greenland’. Parliament then added conditions to the agreement, including a ’ termination clause that ended the agreement in March 2028, new threats from “ and Washington ”, market distortions linked to U.S. imports, or a suspension mechanism in the event of economic pressure.
Lange said security measures, including ’'s decision on Thursday to block tariffs affecting three plaintiff companies and the Supreme Court's ruling in February that outlawed ’'s 2025 tariffs, should also protect the agreement against growing legal uncertainty in the U.S. ’.
Member of the European Parliament, “All this underscores the importance of a stable European safety net, ” said.
“ Europe must have the capacity to act. We must support the agreement and at the same time be able to react quickly if the attitude of the US ’ changes again. Otherwise, everything becomes recklessness and narrow-mindedness. - ”
Lange confirmed that a new round of negotiations between EU lawmakers and member states will take place on 19 May’; Both sides hoped to achieve a deal that could be ratified by Parliament in June ahead of Trump’'s deadline.
