STRASBOURG, France, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The European Parliament on Wednesday announced to put on hold the approval of the EU-U.S. trade deal following U.S. threats of tariffs over Greenland.
Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee, said in a statement that the Parliament will suspend work on two legislative proposals linked to the trade deal.
"Given the continued and escalating threats, including tariff threats, against Greenland and Denmark, and their European allies, we have been left with no alternative but to suspend work on the two Turnberry legislative proposals," Lange said.
"By threatening the territorial integrity and sovereignty of an EU member state and by using tariffs as a coercive instrument, the U.S. is undermining the stability and predictability of EU-US trade relations," Lange added.
