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EU center-right politician calls on US to 'come back'

Marie Joslyn interviews David McAllister

January 20, 2026

In an exclusive DW interview, David McAllister, chair of the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee, has called on the US to "come back to where we were before," rather than escalate a row over trade further.

https://p.dw.com/p/57909

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Possible EU countermeasures directed at the US, McAllister said, could include freezing the US-EU trade deal, new tariffs and the so-called "trade bazooka," or the anti-coercion Instrument (ACI).

While the biggest political group in the European Parliament now supports a tougher stance on Donald Trump, the EPP are hesitant to take steps that could alienate the US president further.