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The headline has it backwards. The US was the one that invalidated the trade deal by imposing more than the 15% tariffs agreed to in the deal.

tokai 10mo ago
No, you are being pedantic. They did sit down and agree to suspend it because the 15% tariffs go against the agreement.
- happytoexplain 10mo ago
  I don't think that counts as being pedantic. "Suspend" is not the right word if you're going to point out that it was the US that broke the deal, but the headline is burying the lede. Party A broke the deal, then party B announced the deal has been broken and formally suspended the deal. Party A's actions should be in the headline.
  - Supermancho 10mo ago
    > US that broke the deal, Changed the deal. A deal is between 2 parties in agreement. When both parties agree to terms that are written out, the one party (Europe) is given a document with modified terms, the provider (US) broke convention. The receiver of the modified document stopped the negotiation. Suspended is sufficient to describe the situation. This isnt complicated, sheesh.
    - bigbadfeline 10mo ago
      > Changed the deal... [after] both parties agree to terms, [one] is given a document with modified terms... Putting on my Dart Vader hat: "I'm altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8TEJtQRhw&t=11s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8TEJtQRhw&t=11s
- grvbck 10mo ago
  Not pedantic enough, actually. European lawmakers don't suspend the deal, they suspend work on implementing the laws that are part of a multi‑step political and legal process that in the end makes the deal implemented in all member states.
- bryanlarsen 10mo ago
  Pedanticism is insisting that the headline is correct. Pedantically, the headline is correct, Europe did suspend the deal. However, the headline implies that Europe broke the deal. That implication is incorrect, making the headline wrong in the non-pedantic reading. The US broke the deal, and this story is simply about Europe acknowledging that fact.
  - alephnerd 10mo ago
    As of three hours ago, the EU is unfreezing and ratifying the US-EU trade deal [0] [0] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-22/eu-plans-to-unfreeze-trade-deal-with-us-and-vote-on-ratification https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-22/eu-plans-...
    - bryanlarsen 10mo ago
      TACA
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tokai 10mo ago

No, you are being pedantic. They did sit down and agree to suspend it because the 15% tariffs go against the agreement.

happytoexplain 10mo ago
I don't think that counts as being pedantic. "Suspend" is not the right word if you're going to point out that it was the US that broke the deal, but the headline is burying the lede. Party A broke the deal, then party B announced the deal has been broken and formally suspended the deal. Party A's actions should be in the headline.
- Supermancho 10mo ago
  > US that broke the deal, Changed the deal. A deal is between 2 parties in agreement. When both parties agree to terms that are written out, the one party (Europe) is given a document with modified terms, the provider (US) broke convention. The receiver of the modified document stopped the negotiation. Suspended is sufficient to describe the situation. This isnt complicated, sheesh.
  - bigbadfeline 10mo ago
    > Changed the deal... [after] both parties agree to terms, [one] is given a document with modified terms... Putting on my Dart Vader hat: "I'm altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8TEJtQRhw&t=11s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8TEJtQRhw&t=11s
grvbck 10mo ago
Not pedantic enough, actually. European lawmakers don't suspend the deal, they suspend work on implementing the laws that are part of a multi‑step political and legal process that in the end makes the deal implemented in all member states.
bryanlarsen 10mo ago
Pedanticism is insisting that the headline is correct. Pedantically, the headline is correct, Europe did suspend the deal. However, the headline implies that Europe broke the deal. That implication is incorrect, making the headline wrong in the non-pedantic reading. The US broke the deal, and this story is simply about Europe acknowledging that fact.
- alephnerd 10mo ago
  As of three hours ago, the EU is unfreezing and ratifying the US-EU trade deal [0] [0] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-22/eu-plans-to-unfreeze-trade-deal-with-us-and-vote-on-ratification https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-22/eu-plans-...
  - bryanlarsen 10mo ago
    TACA

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