France, May 20 -- The provisional agreement between the European parliament and the council, which represents EU governments, would remove duties on US industrial goods and grant preferential access to American farm and seafood products.

In return, the United States would keep tariffs of 15 percent on most EU exports under a framework agreed last July at Trump's Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.

Trump had warned that much higher tariffs would be imposed on EU goods if the bloc failed to implement the agreement by 4 July. Earlier threats included raising tariffs on European car imports from 15 percent to 25 percent.

The legislation had been delayed twice after Trump threatened tariffs on allies that opposed his proposal to acquire Gree...