European Parliament Edges Closer to U.S. Trade Deal After Tensions Ease
Brussels — The European Parliament is preparing to move toward formal approval of a long-stalled trade agreement with the United States, after lawmakers agreed to resume work following a political crisis triggered by U.S. tariff threats.
Members of the Parliament’s International Trade Committee have restarted discussions on legislation needed to ratify the so-called Turnberry trade deal, after temporarily suspending the process in response to controversial moves by U.S. political leaders. A committee vote is now expected as soon as 24 February, according to officials tracking the negotiations.
The deal — initially reached in July 2025 — is aimed at easing duties on a wide range of industrial and consumer products across the Atlantic, strengthening economic ties between the European Union and the United States. However, work on formal parliamentary consent had been put on ice in recent weeks amid tensions over U.S. rhetoric concerning Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, and linked tariff threats that unsettled many MEPs.