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Video. Watch: Brussels vs Washington—inside the high-stakes battle over the EU-US trade deal

Updated: 19/05/2026 - 9:00 GMT+2

Tonight, European lawmakers and diplomats will meet in Strasbourg, desperately trying to prevent an all-out transatlantic trade war. The clock is ticking down to an unforgiving 4 July deadline set by Donald Trump. How did Europe end up in this mess?

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