2nd LD Writethru: European Parliament puts EU-U.S. trade deal on hold over Greenland tariff threats

STRASBOURG, France, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The European Parliament on Wednesday decided to put on hold approval of the trade deal between the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.) following U.S. threats of tariffs linked to Greenland.

Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee, said in a statement that the Parliament would suspend work on two legislative proposals relat