EP INTA Committee Backs EU-US Turnberry Trade Deal 31-6-3 — Plenary Vote Set June 16

The European Parliament's International Trade (INTA) Committee approved the provisional legislation implementing the EU-US Turnberry trade agreement on June 2, 2026 — passing with 31 votes in favour, 6 against, and 3 abstentions. The two legislative files enable the EU to eliminate tariffs on US industrial goods and some agricultural products, completing the tariff implementation side of the deal struck at President Trump's Turnberry golf resort in Scotland in summer 2025. The committee vote clears the path for a full Parliament plenary vote on June 16 in Strasbourg, giving the EU institutions a narrow but viable window to ratify before Trump's July 4 deadline — when the US president has threatened to reimpose higher tariffs if ratification is not complete. French MEPs and the Greens group abstained or opposed, arguing the deal's steel and aluminium safeguard clause was insufficiently robust and that the sunset provision at end-2026 gave the EU too little leverage. The deal requires EU tariff elimination on US goods worth approximately $400B in annual bilateral trade and commits the EU to facilitating €600B in US strategic investments through 2028.