The US Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs were unlawful marked a humiliating defeat for the president. But the EU’s response was arguably just as embarrassing.
In a statement released just 25 minutes after the court’s announcement, the European Commission reaffirmed its commitment to slashing levies on US exports, as called for by July’s EU-US trade deal – even though America’s top court had effectively just nullified the agreement.
