European Parliament Blocks US-EU Trade Deal Amid Trump’s Greenland Threats
The European Parliament on Wednesday blocked a vote to approve a US-EU trade deal as tensions rose over President Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland and the imposition of a 10% import tax on countries opposing his plans.
“EU-US Deal on ice indefinitely! Our sovereignty & territorial integrity are at stake. Business as usual impossible,” Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament’s international trade committee, said on social media.
The agreement, known as the Turnberry Deal, was initially negotiated in July when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Trump’s golf club in Turnberry, Scotland. It outlined preliminary terms on tariffs, trade, and investment between the United States and the 27-nation European Union.
In a statement, the European Parliament said the vote was halted due to “continued and escalating threats, including tariff threats, against Greenland and Denmark, and their European allies.” Work on the Turnberry legislative proposals will remain suspended until the US returns to a cooperative approach rather than confrontation.
The Turnberry Deal had capped European tariffs at 15%, protecting key sectors such as pharmaceuticals and semiconductors from Trump’s threat of much higher tariffs. The agreement also included EU commitments to invest $600 billion in the US by 2028, purchase $750 billion in American energy, procure $40 billion in semiconductors, and increase military equipment acquisitions.
“This Framework Agreement will put our trade and investment relationship — one of the largest in the world — on a solid footing and will reinvigorate our economies’ reindustrialization,” the EU said in a joint statement.
