U.S. must honour EU-US deal in tariff investigations, senior EU lawmaker says

BRUSSELS, March 12 (Reuters) – The European Union should only accept new U.S. ​tariffs that recreate the ‌substance of the deal agreed between the two sides in Scotland last year, the ‌chair ​of the European ⁠Parliament’s trade committee ⁠said on Thursday.

Bernd Lange said Washington’s launch of new ‘Section 301’ investigations into unfair ​trade practices had been expected, but they ⁠provided no clear ⁠commitment from the ​U.S. administration to uphold the ​terms of the agreement struck ‌at U.S. President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course.

“We will see where the ⁠investigations lead to, but anything that departs in substance from the ⁠Turnberry ‌Deal will not ⁠be acceptable,” Lange wrote ​on ‌social media platform ​X. The ⁠European Parliament is still deliberating whether to vote on the deal.

(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop and editing by ​Inti Landauro)