The U.S. president’s threat to hike tariffs on European autos supports the judgment of a majority of EU lawmakers that he can’t be trusted.
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BRUSSELS — U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats are pushing EU talks on implementing last year’s transatlantic trade deal toward a showdown.
Negotiators from the EU Parliament, capitals and the Commission will try to thrash out their differences Wednesday amid a deepening impasse over whether to back the accord, struck last July at Trump’s golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland.
Many member countries, led by Germany and its powerful auto industry, along with Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, are desperate to finally get the deal on the books.
