“It is now official: the European Parliament’s work on the European Union (EU) – United States (US) agreement is suspended until further notice. Our negotiating team has just decided to suspend the legal implementation of the Turnberry agreement and postpone the vote scheduled for tomorrow [Tuesday],” wrote the committee’s chair, Bernd Lange, in a post on social media platform X.
According to the German MEP who chairs the parliamentary committee, “there must be clarity and legal certainty before any further steps can be taken.”
The committee had been due to vote on Tuesday on its position regarding two legislative proposals aimed at implementing aspects of the EU-US agreement.
Now official: EP work on EU-US deal is on hold until further notice!
Our negotiating team just decided to put on hold @ep_trade legal implementation of Turnberry deal&postone vote foreseen for tomorrow.
Clarity&legal certainty are needed before any further steps can be taken— Bernd Lange (@berndlange) February 23, 2026
However, last Friday, the US Supreme Court struck down the global tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law, ruling that the legislation does not grant the president the authority to impose taxes on imports — a power that the Constitution assigns to Congress.
For that reason, the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee held an extraordinary meeting today in Brussels and reached this decision.
Also in Brussels today, the European Commission said it is awaiting clarification from Washington on how the new 15% global tariffs announced by Donald Trump — intended to replace those overturned by the country’s highest court — will affect the transatlantic trade agreement.
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Last July, the European Commission (which holds the EU’s trade competence) and the United States reached a political trade agreement establishing a tariff framework with a 15% ceiling on most European exports to the US and the elimination of many US tariffs on European industrial products.
That agreement, whose ratification has been on hold in the European Parliament, aimed to restore stability and predictability in transatlantic trade relations.
