Morning opening: EU parliament set to vote on tariff deal with US
Jakub Krupa
EU lawmakers are set to vote on the bloc’s tariff deal with US president Donald Trump today, after months of delays caused by uncertainty affecting transatlantic trade amid his repeated threats against Greenland and, more recently, Spain.
A member of the European Parliament looks on before a debate on the EU-US trade deal, in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Yves Herman/ReutersThe parliament will vote on whether to cut EU tariffs on some US imports – as a first step towards implementing the 2025 deal – but with additional safeguards, AFP said.
Lawmakers leading on trade have added several provisions: making an EU tariff reduction automatically lapse in March 2028, and tying tariff cuts on steel and aluminium goods to similar reductions by the US side, it explained.
EU’s economy commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis argued this morning that the deal with the US “steadied our trade relationship at a time of profound upheaval” and provided “predictability for European companies and consumers when they needed it most.”
“The deal is a deal, and our credibility depends on keeping our word.”
European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis speaks, on the day of the joint debate on the EU-US trade deal at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Yves Herman/ReutersBut still many are not sure about the deal given the volatility on the US side under Trump.
“The only political value this agreement had to offer was stability and predictability, even if many say it’s an unfair deal. If it no longer even provides predictability, there’s no reason to support the deal, even if it has been improved,” said French MEP Pascal Canfin.
The vote is on around 11am local time (10am UK), with a policy debate on the proposal now under way.
Elsewhere, I will keep an eye on Denmark, as the outgoing prime minister Mette Frederiksen gets on with the task of finding a majority in the next Danish parliament, and on Brussels, where we are expecting to hear from Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte on his 2025 report.
Several European leaders are also meeting in Helsinki, where the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, hosts a meeting of JEF, the Joint Expeditionary Force, operating in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea region. UK’s Starmer and Norway’s Støre are among attendees, and Ukraine’s Zelenskyy will deliver a pre-recorded speech.
Lots for us to cover.
It’s Thursday, 26 March 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
Good morning.
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