The headline has it backwards. The US was the one that invalidated the trade deal by imposing more than the 15% tariffs agreed to in the deal.
Changed the deal.
A deal is between 2 parties in agreement.
When both parties agree to terms that are written out, the one party (Europe) is given a document with modified terms, the provider (US) broke convention. The receiver of the modified document stopped the negotiation. Suspended is sufficient to describe the situation. This isnt complicated, sheesh.
Putting on my Dart Vader hat: "I'm altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further"
However, the headline implies that Europe broke the deal. That implication is incorrect, making the headline wrong in the non-pedantic reading.
The US broke the deal, and this story is simply about Europe acknowledging that fact.
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