The EU trade chief called on MEPs to support the bloc’s agreement with the US on Wednesday, warning that failure to ratify the deal would risk reigniting a full-blown trade war with Washington.

Speaking in Strasbourg, Maroš Šefčovič said EU lawmakers should make the “politically responsible” decision to endorse the proposal to slash tariffs on American industrial and agricultural exports, as outlined in July’s framework agreement with the US.

The deal, which leaves most EU exporters facing a 15% US levy, has elicited fierce criticism from across the political spectrum. MEPs have pointed to the deal’s asymmetrical nature and legally unenforceable commitments to purchase hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American energy and weapons.

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