{"id":1922848,"date":"2026-05-06T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1922848"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:31:33","slug":"divisions-in-brussels-as-eu-negotiators-face-crunch-talks-on-us-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1922848","title":{"rendered":"Divisions in Brussels as EU negotiators face crunch talks on US trade deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/74\/88\/60\/1200x675_cmsv2_80cfc415-2d3c-52d4-9c87-b3332bad10cd-9748860.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2892005-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2892005\" data-cid=\"9750494\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2892005-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img 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    Europe News<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Divisions in Brussels as EU negotiators face crunch talks on US trade deal<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/74\/88\/60\/1536x864_cmsv2_80cfc415-2d3c-52d4-9c87-b3332bad10cd-9748860.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen struck the deal in July 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen struck the deal in July 2025<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspPeggy Corlin&amp;nbsp&amp;&amp;nbspVincenzo Genovese\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1778077893\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-05-06 16:31:33 +02:00\">06\/05\/2026 &#8211; 16:31 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span 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However, officials warn that the Parliament\u2019s demands may be too ambitious to secure an agreement this evening.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>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\u2013US trade talks with slim prospects of a breakthrough.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday evening, German MEP Bernd Lange (S&amp;D), chair of the European Parliament\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiators are under pressure following Trump\u2019s recent threats to raise tariffs on EU-made cars from 15% to 25%, a move that has further increased the urgency of implementing the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, they are constrained by sharply divided views both between institutions and within parliamentary groups over whether the deal should be pushed through at all costs to avoid ongoing uncertainty, or whether negotiations should continue in pursuit of a more balanced agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to get this deal through as soon as possible without any conditionality,\u201d \u017deljana Zovko, the EPP\u2019s lead negotiator, told <em>Euronews<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>EPP push for implementation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Zovko&#8217;s political party, the conservative European People&#8217;s Party has been advocating for the deal to be implemented, regardless of the conditions MEPs had attached to it. <\/p>\n<p>In March, lawmakers negotiated until the last minute a compromise including a clause allowing the EU to suspend the agreement if the US imposes tariffs above the 15% ceiling or threatens the territorial integrity of EU member states \u2014 as Trump did over Greenland. <\/p>\n<p>They also want US tariffs on steel and aluminium, still set at 50%, reduced to the 15% cap included in the Turnberry deal.<\/p>\n<p>The EPP had pushed for a \u201csunrise clause,\u201d making EU tariff cuts conditional on US implementation of the Turnberry deal, including respect for the 15% tariff cap. <\/p>\n<p>But the party has added pressure on Lange after the US threatened last Friday to impose 25% tariffs on EU cars, and it is now prepared to drop the demand. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gave this forward as a way out during negotiation with other political groups to vote on a mandate in March,\u201d Zovko said. \u201cBut we have businesses crying for help and for certainty. Lange has to take responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EPP leader Manfred Weber is also pushing to accelerate the process, according to parliamentary sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the trilogue does not produce a result, we will simply put [the agreement] to a vote,\u201d he told reporters Tuesday during a press conference. <\/p>\n<p>But other EU lawmakers insist that conditions must be respected to protect the agreement from shifts in the US administration and repeated tariff threats from Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Lange is expected to retain as many of Parliament\u2019s demands as possible, which form the central logic of the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see how the Parliament can come back to plenary empty-handed given how strong its demands are,\u201d an EU diplomat told Euronews.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Too ambitious for a breakthrough?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Members of the Socialists &amp; Democrats group say they are sceptical that negotiators will emerge from this evening with a deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we want everything we have put on the table? Of course not,\u201d an S&amp;D source said, while arguing however that the EU must nevertheless \u201cprotect\u201d businesses from Trump\u2019s erratic social media posts and the US\u2019s use of tariffs as leverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s threats compel the Parliament to insist for solid guarantees on this agreement,\u201d Socialist MEP Brando Benifei told Euronews. \u201cConsidering the US aggressive stance, only a balanced deal would provide stability to European businesses and citizens.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Similar divisions have also emerged among diplomats, many of whom are sceptical that a breakthrough will be reached.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready to move toward Parliament\u2019s position, but it is going too far for what we can accept,\u201d another EU diplomat told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, whose carmakers were directly targeted by Trump\u2019s latest tariff threat last week, is pushing for the agreement to be adopted quickly, though not at any price. France, meanwhile, has supported Parliament\u2019s safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is definitely common ground to suspend the deal if the US doesn\u2019t deliver,\u201d a third EU diplomat told Euronews. \u201cBut it\u2019s also in our interest not to feed Trump\u2019s narrative that the EU does not deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Continue negotiations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An EPP official told Euronews negotiations need to move \u201cfast\u201d or pressure would continue to \u201cpile-up.\u201d The official added political groups at the Parliament expected at least an agreement in principle from this evening&#8217;s talks.<\/p>\n<p>But Anna Cavazzini of the Greens\/EFA group warned that \u201cthe EPP is playing a dangerous game,\u201d accusing conservatives of trying to force Parliament to soften its position under pressure from the car industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUndermining the mandate painstakingly negotiated between our groups risks blowing up the deal. Instead we should continue negotiations as foreseen,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The second EU diplomat said that tonight\u2019s negotiations would aim at both sides \u201claying out\u201d their political positions, while \u201cthe harder and more technical discussions\u201d would come in a later round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  &#8216;We should never have signed this trade 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Lange has to take responsibility.\u201dEPP leader Manfred Weber is also pushing to accelerate the process, according to parliamentary sources.\u201cIf the trilogue does not produce a result, we will simply put [the agreement] to a vote,\u201d he told reporters Tuesday during a press conference.But other EU lawmakers insist that conditions must be respected to protect the agreement from shifts in the US administration and repeated tariff threats from Trump.Lange is expected to retain as many of Parliament\u2019s demands as possible, which form the central logic of the negotiations.\u201cI don\u2019t see how the Parliament can come back to plenary empty-handed given how strong its demands are,\u201d an EU diplomat told Euronews.Too ambitious for a breakthrough?Members of the Socialists &amp; Democrats group say they are sceptical that negotiators will emerge from this evening with a deal.\u201cDo we want everything we have put on the table? Of course not,\u201d an S&amp;D source said, while arguing however that the EU must nevertheless \u201cprotect\u201d businesses from Trump\u2019s erratic social media posts and the US\u2019s use of tariffs as leverage.\u201cTrump\u2019s threats compel the Parliament to insist for solid guarantees on this agreement,\u201d Socialist MEP Brando Benifei told Euronews. \u201cConsidering the US aggressive stance, only a balanced deal would provide stability to European businesses and citizens.\u201dSimilar divisions have also emerged among diplomats, many of whom are sceptical that a breakthrough will be reached.\u201cWe are ready to move toward Parliament\u2019s position, but it is going too far for what we can accept,\u201d another EU diplomat told Euronews.Germany, whose carmakers were directly targeted by Trump\u2019s latest tariff threat last week, is pushing for the agreement to be adopted quickly, though not at any price. France, meanwhile, has supported Parliament\u2019s safeguards.\u201cThere is definitely common ground to suspend the deal if the US doesn\u2019t deliver,\u201d a third EU diplomat told Euronews. \u201cBut it\u2019s also in our interest not to feed Trump\u2019s narrative that the EU does not deliver.\u201dContinue negotiationsAn EPP official told Euronews negotiations need to move \u201cfast\u201d or pressure would continue to \u201cpile-up.\u201d The official added political groups at the Parliament expected at least an agreement in principle from this evening&#8217;s talks.But Anna Cavazzini of the Greens\/EFA group warned that \u201cthe EPP is playing a dangerous game,\u201d accusing conservatives of trying to force Parliament to soften its position under pressure from the car industry.\u201cUndermining the mandate painstakingly negotiated between our groups risks blowing up the deal. 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