Brussels had hoped for a quick resolution of its spat with Washington over electric vehicle tax credits. It’s taking longer than expected.
But the issue is also politically sensitive for the Biden administration after members ofand accused the administration of undermining congressional authority by allowing the Treasury Department to designate free trade agreements without putting such deals to lawmakers for a vote.
A second congressional staffer added that lawmakers channeled their frustrations directly to the White House and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative with a clear message that the Japan agreement should not be repeated with the EU. The Biden administration heard the frustration, the senior administration official said, though there are no plans “at this time” to submit the final EU agreement for a vote. “It very much does inform, together with our legal constraints, the path we’re choosing and we will be consulting [lawmakers] on an ongoing basis throughout the negotiations with the EU,” the official said.
U.S. negotiators “haven’t really had that in our mind as a deadline,” the administration official said, but the EU had been optimistic a deal could be wrapped up in time. Still, no one wants to exclude the possibility of a last-minute political push making it possible to finish the deal. The, as seen by POLITICO, has a placeholder for the agreement.upcoming EU-U.S. summitBut behind closed doors, some EU diplomats are even wondering whether the deal is still worth it.
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