[European Parliament Freezes Approval Process for US-EU Trade Agreement] On March 20, local time, the European Parliament announced a freeze on the approval process for the trade agreement reached with the United States last July. This is seen as the EU's first response to the latest pressure from US President Trump. On March 17, Trump announced on social media that he would impose a 10% tariff on goods imported into the US from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland starting February 1, and claimed that the tariff rate would increase to 25% from June 1, until the parties involved reach an agreement on the US's "full and complete purchase of Greenland."
