EU gives green light to
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EU gives green light to US trade tariff deal

After much deliberation, the European Parliament has approved this summer's tariff deal with the US. "A significant milestone," US Ambassador Andrew Puzder wrote in a statement.

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The process has been postponed several times, including because of demands from US President Donald Trump to take over Greenland.

On Thursday, the European Parliament finally voted yes to the two parts of the deal, both by a good margin: 417 to 154 in one and 437 to 144 in the other.

In practice, the yes vote means that the EU accepts 15 percent tariffs on almost all European goods exported to the US. At the same time, it includes clauses that allow it to stop the deal if the US does not do its part - something that Karin Karlsbro (L) calls a "Trump hedge".

"We have neither forgotten Greenland nor will we tolerate new tariff threats from Trump," she writes on X.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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