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BBC World Service - Newshour, Danish PM: "Europe Won't Be Blackmailed"
EU leaders plan tariffs on €93 billion of US goods and consider the Anti-Coercion Instrument to counter US threats linked to Greenland purchase efforts.
- At an emergency summit in Brussels on Jan 22, European Union leaders will discuss responses including a 93 billion package of tariffs on US imports that could trigger on Feb 6.
- US President Donald Trump vowed on Jan 17 to impose a 10% tariff from 1 February on European imports, warning it could rise to 25% by June unless Greenland is sold to the US.
- Invoking the bloc's Anti-Coercion Instrument, officials said it could limit public tenders, investments or banking while German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil and French Finance Minister Roland Lescure vowed not to be blackmailed.
- Protests in Nuuk and Danish cities showed public opposition and diplomatic friction as a US Congress delegation visited Copenhagen, while leaders of the eight affected countries warned of a `dangerous downward spiral` weakening Nato trust.
- Given Greenland's strategic location between North America and the Arctic, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Europe stands united defending sovereignty and law ahead of Davos later this week.
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Trump puts pressure on Europe with punitive tariffs to get Greenland Why the EU must now remain steadfast – otherwise this method will become the new norm.
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