On 16 June 2026, MEPs gave their final approval to two pieces of legislation implementing EU tariff commitments under the August 2025 EU-US joint statement. The main proposal for a regulation, adopted by 440 votes to 151 with 50 abstentions, eliminates tariffs on all US industrial goods and provides preferential market access for a wide range of US seafood and agricultural goods. The second proposal for a regulation, endorsed by 444 votes to 152 with 54 abstentions, concerns the prolongation of tariff-free imports of lobster, and now also includes processed lobster. Both proposals were previously agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators, who introduced several elements strengthening the Commission’s original proposal.

The main regulation on industrial and agri-food imports will expire on 31 December 2029. By 30 June 2029, the Commission will make a comprehensive assessment of its trade effects on EU industry, agriculture and small and medium-sized enterprises, and of changes in trade patterns with third countries, accompanied by a legislative proposal to prolong the regulation’s duration, if appropriate.

&nbsp;In August 2025, the US added 407 product categories to the list of derivative steel and aluminium products subject to tariffs. Parliament considered that these new tariffs increased the level of trade instability and pushed for this issue to be addressed in the main regulation. As a consequence of this, the Commission will now be able to suspend tariff preferences if by 31 December 2026 the US continues to apply a tariff rate higher than 15% on EU steel and aluminium derivatives.

&nbsp;Parliament and Council also agreed to establish a safeguard mechanism should tariff preferences granted to the US lead to increases in imports that threaten to cause serious injury to EU industry, including the agricultural sector.

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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician and the president-elect of the United States.

Candidate for the Democratic Party, he defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election and will be inaugurated as the 46th president on January 20, 2021.

Joe Biden served as the 47th vice president during the Obama administration from 2009 to 2017. He represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.

Joe Biden addressed the European Parliament on 06/05/2010 to stress the need to renew and rebuild the transatlantic relationship as part of a visit to Europe aimed at making progress on relations with Washington.

Joe Biden

Visit of the Vice-President of the United States of America to the European Parliament in Brussels.

Francesca RATTI , Klaus WELLE , Martin SCHULZ - EP President , Joe BIDEN

Martin SCHULZ - EP President at the Conference of Presidents with Joe BIDEN, Vice President of the United States of America

Martin SCHULZ - EP President , Joe BIDEN , Guy VERHOFSTADT, David McALLISTER , Elmar BROK

Gabriele ZIMMER , Joe BIDEN , Rebecca HARMS

Martin SCHULZ - EP President , Joe BIDEN , David McALLISTER , Elmar BROK , David BORRELLI

Joe BIDEN , Manfred WEBER , Gianni PITTELLA

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden greets European Parliament President Martin Schulz before their meeting at the White House in Washington

US Vice President Joe BIDEN, Jerzy BUZEK EP President

Visit of US Vice President Joe Biden at the plenary session of the European Parliament

This Memoclip shows Joe BIDEN's official visits to the European Parliament in Brussels in 2010 and 2015; a meeting between Joe BIDEN and Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, at the White House, in Washington DC, in 2010; and a meeting between Joe BIDEN and Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament at the White House, in Washington DC in 2015. Joe BIDEN served as the Vice President from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. Since 2021, he has been President of the United States.

Memoclip: Joe BIDEN, President of the United States, and the European Parliament

This Infoclip illustrates the relationships between the European Union and the other country in the world in the perspective of the SOTEU 2021 (US, Turkey, Russian Federation, People's Republic of China, Brexit, G7).

Infoclip: Europe in the world

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents with Joe BIDEN, Vice President of the United States of America in the EP in Brussels. Arrivals and roundtable

EP Conference of Presidents meets with Joe BIDEN, Vice-President of the United States of America: arrivals and roundtable

Martin SCHULZ, EP President, pays an official visit to the United States. He meets with Joe BIDEN, Vice-President of the USA, Saxby CHAMBLISS, US Senator, and Richard LUGAR, US Senator, in Washington.

Official visit to the United States by Martin SCHULZ, EP President: meeting with Joe BIDEN, Vice-President of the USA, Saxby CHAMBLISS, US Senator, and Richard LUGAR, US Senator

Joseph BIDEN, Vice-President of United States, addresses to MEPs during a formal sitting in the European Parliament in Brussels, the 06/05/2010.

Address by Joseph BIDEN, Vice-President of the United States: extracts of the formal sitting

Joseph BIDEN, Vice-President of United States, addresses to MEPs during a formal sitting in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Formal sitting: address by Joseph BIDEN, Vice-President of the United States

Joseph BIDEN, 47th Vice-President of United States, addresses to MEPs during a formal sitting in the European Parliament in Brussels (06/05/2010)

Memoclip: Joe BIDEN, Vice-President of the United States visits the EP (06/05/2010)

Visit of Joe BIDEN, Vice-President of the United States, to the European Parliament in Brussels. Arrival, welcom by Jerzy BUZEK, EP President and roundtable.

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