Europe falters before Trump pressure as Israel stands firm while Arab states remain irrelevant spectators.
Lawmakers in the European Parliament have agreed to delay ratification of a major trade agreement with the United States, signaling open frustration with US President Donald Trump following his tariff threats linked to Greenland. The move underscores growing anxiety inside the European Union over Washington’s hard-power negotiating style.
The deal, finalized last July after months of bruising talks, would remove tariffs on US industrial goods. While the delay does not formally cancel the agreement, EU lawmakers acknowledge it sends a pointed warning to the White House—one they hope will unsettle American businesses reliant on European markets.
Centrist leader Valérie Hayer described the suspended vote as a powerful economic lever, arguing US companies cannot afford exclusion from Europe. Trump, however, has threatened tariffs against six EU states—including France and Germany—if they resist his strategic demands regarding Greenland.
EU leaders are now rushing toward an emergency summit in Brussels, weighing retaliatory tariffs worth up to €93 billion and even activation of the bloc’s anti-coercion trade weapon, pushed aggressively by French President Emmanuel Macron.
As Europe hesitates and debates instruments, Israel continues to operate with clarity and resolve in an unforgiving world, while Arab regimes—once loud on global issues—remain absent, divided, and strategically inconsequential.
