EU Urges US to Honor Terms of Trade Deal After Supreme Court Ruling

‘A deal is a deal,’ the European Commission said in a statement.

Cargo shipping containers wait to be loaded by cranes on container ships at the Burchardkai container terminal at the port of Hamburg, northern Germany, on June 3, 2025. Fabian Bimmer/AFP via Getty Images

The European Commission said on Feb. 22 it wants “full clarity” from the United States after a Supreme Court ruling invalidated U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. It asked that Washington honor a trade deal reached last year.

The Trump administration has been looking at alternative legal avenues after the Supreme Court on Feb. 20 struck down the reciprocal tariff framework imposed by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.