The EU-US Trade Framework - The Battle Continues

Introduction

On 21 August 2025, the United States and the European Union unveiled a new Framework on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade. The agreement, forged amidst escalating global protectionism and prior threats of broader trade conflicts, was presented as a pragmatic outcome for both the EU and the US. Nevertheless, mere days after its formalization, President Donald Trump renewed his challenges on digital taxes, potentially challenging the basis of the agreement. In this blog post, we examine the framework’s core objectives, areas of compromise, sector specific implications and ongoing challenges.

Main objectives

The framework was designed with clear, albeit ambitious, objectives:

restoring a degree of stability and predictability to the vital transatlantic trading relationship