EU says US must honor a trade deal after court blocks Trump tariffs

BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥� The requested 鈥渇ull clarity鈥� from the United States and asked its trade partner to fulfill its commitments after the U.S. Supreme Court some of President most sweeping tariffs.

Trump has lashed out at the court decision and said Saturday that up from the 10% he announced a day earlier.

The European Commission said the current situation is not conducive to delivering “fair, balanced, and mutually beneficial鈥� trans-Atlantic trade and investment, as agreed to by both sides and spelled out in the EU-U.S. Joint Statement of August 2025.

American and EU officials sealed last year that imposes a 15% import tax on 70% of European goods exported to the United States. The European Commission handles trade for the 27 EU member countries.

A top EU lawmaker said on Sunday he will propose to the European Parliament negotiating team to put the ratifying process of the deal on pause.

鈥淧ure tariff chaos on the part of the U.S. administration,鈥� Bernd Lange, the chair of Parliament鈥檚 international trade committee, wrote on social media. 鈥淣o one can make sense of it anymore 鈥� only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other U.S. trading partners.鈥�

The value of EU-U.S. trade in goods and services amounted to 1.7 trillion euros ($2 trillion) in 2024, or an average of 4.6 billion euros a day, according to EU statistics agency Eurostat.

鈥淎 deal is a deal,鈥� the European Commission said. 鈥淎s the United States鈥� largest trading partner, the EU expects the U.S. to honor its commitments set out in the Joint Statement 鈥� just as the EU stands by its commitments. EU products must continue to benefit from the most competitive treatment, with no increases in tariffs beyond the clear and all-inclusive ceiling previously agreed.”

, Trump鈥檚 top trade negotiator, said in a CBS 草莓传媒 interview Sunday morning that the U.S. plans to stand by its trade deals and expects its partners to do the same.

He said he talked to his European counterpart this weekend and hasn鈥檛 heard anyone tell him the deal is off.

鈥淭he deals were not premised on whether or not the emergency tariff litigation would rise or fall,鈥� Greer said. 鈥淚 haven鈥檛 heard anyone yet come to me and say the deal鈥檚 off. They want to see how this plays out.鈥�

Europe鈥檚 biggest exports to the U.S. are pharmaceuticals, cars, aircraft, chemicals, medical instruments, and wine and spirits. Among the biggest U.S. exports to the bloc are professional and scientific services like payment systems and cloud infrastructure, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, aerospace products and cars.

鈥淲hen applied unpredictably, tariffs are inherently disruptive, undermining confidence and stability across global markets and creating further uncertainty across international supply chains,鈥� the commission added.

As primarily a trading bloc, the EU has a powerful tool at its disposal to retaliate 鈥� the bloc鈥檚 . It includes a raft of measures for blocking or restricting trade and investment from countries found to be putting undue pressure on EU member nations or corporations.

The measures could include curtailing the export and import of goods and services, barring countries or companies from EU public tenders, or limiting foreign direct investment. In its most severe form, it would essentially close off access to the EU鈥檚 450-million customer market and inflict billions of dollars of losses on U.S. companies and the American economy.