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Greer Warns EU Tweaks Risk Watering Down US Trade Deal

Shipping containers at the Port of Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany.
Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

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By Annmarie Hordern, Lisa Abramowicz, and Jonathan Ferro

May 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM UTC

Updated on

May 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM UTC

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said changes the European Union is considering to a transatlantic trade deal could limit American exports to the bloc.

“We didn’t agree to” those tweaks, Greer told Bloomberg Television, speaking after meeting with his counterparts from the Group of Seven in Paris on Wednesday.