US EditionDiplomacy or Retaliation? The EU Mulls Its Options as Tensions with U.S. Rise over Greenland
European Union and member states plan united economic countermeasures including tariff retaliation and invoking the EU's Anti-Coercion Instrument against US threats over Greenland.
- U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed a wave of increasing tariffs on Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Britain and Norway until the US is allowed to buy Greenland.
- President Donald Trump's push to buy Greenland has driven the diplomatic row, with European leaders calling the tariff threats `blackmail` and Cyprus summoning ambassadors to Brussels for an emergency meeting.
- European ministers proposed a three‑strand response, and a French source urged activating the Anti‑Coercion Instrument to restrict public tenders, investments, and trade in services.
- The European Parliament looks likely to suspend its work on the EU-US trade deal, and G7 finance ministers will convene this coming week with France chairing; the eight-nation joint statement warned the threats risk a downward spiral.
- If no agreement is reached, the Trump administration has floated tariffs to 25% beginning June 1, 2026, as Germany mooted a World Cup boycott.
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Diplomacy Or Retaliation? EU's Options Amid Tensions With US Over Greenland
Threats from the White House over Greenland have sparked outrage and a flurry of diplomatic activity across Europe, as leaders consider possible countermeasures, including retaliatory tariffs.
After Trump threatened to impose duties on the eight European countries that had sent their troops to Greenland, the EU leaders criticized these threats: French President Emmanuel Macron called them "unacceptable", British Prime Minister Kir Starmer "unright," and EU ambassadors held an emergency meeting following Trump's statements, at which they discussed two main options for deterring the President of the United States — retaliation and a pow…
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