EU Parliament Suspends U.S. Trade Deal Over Trump’s Greenland Tariff Threat

The European Parliament has formally suspended the ratification of a U.S.–EU trade deal in response to President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 10% tariffs on EU exports unless the bloc agrees to his demand to take control of Greenland. The move marks the EU’s strongest response so far to what several European leaders have described as political blackmail.

Bernd Lange, chair of the parliament’s trade committee, said there could be no compromise on ratification while the threats remain, although the EU’s separate commitment to purchase $750 bn in US energy would stand. The decision comes amid worsening transatlantic relations, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen returning to Brussels to prepare for an emergency summit on possible countermeasures, including retaliatory tariffs and the activation of the EU’s anti-coercion instrument.

Kursiv Uzbekistan also reports Uzbekistan will suspend the collection of online loans from citizens who have been officially recognised as victims of fraud, according to a regulation by the Ministry of Justice.