
Faced with tight deadlines, strict demands, and repeated tariff threats from US President Donald Trump, EU negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council are entering crucial EU–US trade talks with slim prospects of a breakthrough.
On Wednesday evening, German MEP Bernd Lange (S&D), chair of the European Parliament’s influential trade committee, and the Cypriot EU presidency, representing member states, will attempt to finalise a deal agreed last summer in Turnberry between US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.