On 2nd June, Members of the European Parliament of the International Trade Committee (INTA) approved the provisional agreement (32 votes in favour, 6 against, 3 abstentions), reached on 20 May 2026 with the EU Council, implementing EU tariff commitments under the August 2025 EU-US Joint Statement.

The parliamentary debate showed broad but cautious support, with EPP, ECR, Renew and S&D presenting the agreement as a pragmatic compromise that offers stability and legal certainty while strengthening parliamentary oversight. Greens/EFA remained critical of the deal’s asymmetry and risks to EU regulatory autonomy, but accepted the need to avoid escalation with Washington. PfE and The Left were more critical, arguing that the EU had conceded too much and left European industry potentially worse off.

The European Parliament is expected to vote on the text in plenary session on Tuesday 16 June in Strasbourg. It will then be the turn of Council to approve the agreed text. Once formally approved by the EU co-legislators, the new legislation will enter into force on the day after its publication in the EU’s Official Journal.