👏 @imco.europarl.europa.eu team & @cy2026eu.bsky.social have just reached a provisional agreement on 🛃Union Customs Code reform!
EP rapporteur @dirkgotink.bsky.social will hold a press conference tomorrow morning at 10.00.
Press release (shortly) 🔽 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
In person meeting @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu +@POTUS tomorrow is crucial for 🇪🇺🇺🇸. We finally need clarity. #Tariffs must be lowered again. Even current situation is untenable. A framework agreement must also prevent further tariffs. Trying to agree: yes; submission:no.
We are ready to react!
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@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu & Trump will meet in person this Sunday. Consumer and digital rights groups across the Atalantic from @tacd-consumers.bsky.social will not accept any lowering of consumer protection as part of a deal. We count on the EU & the US to find a mutually beneficial solution.
After Trump's letter, the transatlantic consumer movement @tacd-consumers.bsky.social has a message: we stand together against the coercion by the U.S. administration. Laws designed to protect people’s right cannot be a bargaining chip in the negotiation. Our statement: tacd.org/tacd-calls-o...
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen has decided - the EU's first reaction to Trump's threatening letter is (for now) surrender.
The retaliatory tariffs scheduled to take effect Tuesday will be again delayed to not antagonise the US during continued negotiations.
The EU has not yet found its spine.
Screenshot of a court judgment dated May 28, 2025. The judgment declares that four executive orders issued in 2025—Executive Orders 14193, 14194, 14195, and 14257—related to imposing duties to address illicit drug flows, border issues, the synthetic opioid supply chain, and trade deficits with China, are collectively invalid and contrary to law. The court further orders that the operation of these "Challenged Tariff Orders," including any modifications and amendments, is permanently enjoined.
Holy Trump tariff whiplash, Batman! A court invalidated many tariffs last night but today another court revived them. Please join me for a brief guided what-it-means tour of 24 hrs of tariff drama starting w/ the US Court of Int’l Trade (USCIT) ending tariffs by 6/7/25… 🧵
🚨 TACD has joined 107 organisations in co-signing an open letter urging the European Commission to reject proposals to reopen the #GDPR. Weakening this cornerstone of EU digital policy threatens fundamental rights and accountability.
📄 Read more: edri.org/our-work/ope...
Commissioner Slaughter and I wrote for the @financialtimes.com about the downstream effects of the president’s attempt to fire us. www.ft.com/content/7607...
what Trump thought tariffs would do to the economy vs how it's going
The 90 days pause in the tariffs madness is good news but the US pressure against EU laws will remain very high. Consumer groups in the US & EU from @tacd-consumers.bsky.social have a message for the EU: Stay strong, don't cave in and enforce your laws to protect consumers 💪 tacd.org/wp-content/u...
Reassuring statement from the EU. Consumer groups in the EU and the US from @tacd-consumers.bsky.social oppose these coercive tariffs. Instead of retaliation, the U.S. & the EU should work together to tackle common challenges like illegal & unsafe products. Read more tacd.org/tacd-opposes...
Tariffs should protect workers, not billionaires. Trump’s last tariff scheme was full of special favors for his allies (including a Russian oligarch close to Putin).
His 2025 plan? More corruption, more handouts, and no real strategy for American jobs. 🚫
We can already feel it starting: it's going to be another week of the #tariff rollercoaster. 🎢
Want some grounding? Read our release on why tariffs =! stopping fentanyl: rethinktrade.org/press-releas...
And you can find more analysis on rethinktrade.org.
The attempt to illegally fire me and Commissioner Slaughter opens the door to corruption and corporate pardons. Tune into @NPR Morning Edition a little after 7am and Ana Cabrera’s show on MSNBC at 10am to find out more.
Help us fight against Trump's destructive & unlawful actions. Donate now: donate.citizen.org/page/60972/d...
Excellent point from Director Rohit Chopra, CFPB, calling for fair & competitive markets and avoid a race to the bottom to preserve both EU and US values. Food for thought for us in Europe: we should not confuse more competitiveness with less consumer protection @bruxconf2025.bsky.social
Very inspiring to hear from former USTR Katherine Tai about the need to better connect trade policy to the people and to really innovate, instead of just correcting past trade policies. @bruxconf2025.bsky.social
Stop everything that you are doing and read this 👇 www.beuc.eu/blog/customs... @anairo.bsky.social from @beuc.bsky.social explains how important customs controls are in your life and for the environment.
BREAKING: Trump was just inaugurated, and we just filed our first lawsuit against the new administration.
We're not going to let him skirt the law.
Public Citizen, AFGE, & SDD Fund are suing President Trump to ensure that his administration complies with the law.
Today our DG @arcapde.bsky.social is speaking at the #EUAgriFoodDays.
Consumers need access to healthy and sustainable food and count on the EU to make this a reality ‼️
If we are to succeed in the transition to sustainable #FoodSystems, we need policy coherence. For once, #EUTradePolicy must be brought in line with #EUGreenDeal. This was the joint message of @beuc.bsky.social and COPA COGECA this morning about the EU-#Mercosur trade deal 👇