We, leading consumer and digital rights organisations in the U.S. and EU in the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD), continue to express concern about the United States-European Union Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade (Turnberry Agreement), now approved in plenary by the European Parliament.

We reiterate our deep disapproval of the current U.S. approach to transatlantic trade. We welcome the EU’s resistance to the worst of the U.S. administration’s demands to weaken its domestic digital and environmental safeguards. We remain concerned that these important regulations remain in the crosshairs of the current U.S. administration.

The deal is not permanent and will expire in December 2029.  If the EU and U.S. decide to negotiate a subsequent trade deal, negotiations must be undertaken transparently and with meaningful engagement of civil society stakeholders.

Ann-Katrin Hamacher, European Union Co-Chair and International Trade Policy Officer, Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv): 

 “While we share the goal of avoiding a trade war that could lead to higher prices and fewer choices for European consumers. We urge the EU to suspend this deal if U.S. administration continues their threats and coercion. EU laws that protect consumers, such as Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act, are not up for negotiation and should not be targeted by our trading partners.”

Melanie Foley, United States Co-Chair and Global Trade Watch Deputy Director, Public Citizen: 

 “Trump continues to use sweeping tariffs — at times illegally — to force other countries into asymmetric deals – not to support regular Americans, but to score political points for himself and to line the pockets of his billionaire buddies. “This will not be the end of Trump’s pressure campaign against EU policies that frustrate U.S. Big Tech companies and other corporate giants, just as he pushes their deregulatory agenda here at home. People in the United States stand in solidarity with our European counterparts in defending our important consumer and environmental protections from coercive, corporate deals.”