General – Politics
The European Union has officially voted to suspend trade agreements with the US, marking a historic and volatile retaliation against Trump’s threats of tariffs over the Greenland dispute.
This decision effectively dismantles the transatlantic economic partnership that has anchored Western stability since World War II, erecting a hard border across the Atlantic in a desperate bid to protect European sovereignty from American expansionism.
Confirmation that the European Parliament will not move forward with ratification of the agreement, signed by Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in July last year, casts the future of the trade-war truce into uncertainty.
In a statement online, Manfred Weber the president of the European People’s Party (EPP), said that the escalating US-Europe tensions meant the Parliament would not vote in favor of the pact, which sets US tariffs on imports from the EU at 15% in exchange for the bloc not applying levies on American exports.
This suspension probably represents the final fracture of the West. By prioritizing territorial integrity (Greenland) over economic access, Europe is signalling that it views the US not as an ally, but as a predatory rival. This pivot leaves the continent dangerously exposed, sandwiched between a hostile American techno-state and an opportunistic Russian-Chinese bloc offering unconditional ties.
Now EU lawmakers are expected to confirm the freezing of the deal during a meeting next Wednesday.
