US EditionTrump tariff threats over Greenland 'risk dangerous downward spiral', warn Nato members
Eight NATO and EU countries denounce Trump's tariff threats as harmful to transatlantic relations and warn of a dangerous downward spiral, the joint statement said.
- On Jan. 18, 2026, President Donald Trump used Truth Social to announce 10% tariffs from Feb. 1 rising to 25% on June 1 unless the U.S. buys Greenland, targeting eight European countries.
- Recent troop deployments in Greenland involved European countries' small troop deployments for Arctic security training, while President Donald Trump argues U.S. control counters Russia and China amid protests in Denmark and Nuuk.
- European institutions responded by calling an emergency meeting as the tariff timetable sets a 10% import tax from February 1 and rises to 25% on June 1; the eight-nation joint statement said, `Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral`.
- Opponents warned that tariff threats risk suspending EU-US trade work, triggering the Anti-Coercion Instrument, and making Europe and the United States poorer, benefiting Russia and China.
- Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere warned, `I think we should be very careful not to have a trade war that spirals out of control. I don't think anyone benefits from that`, as NATO allies plan further talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Major EU states condemn Trump tariff threats; consider retaliation
Major European Union states including Germany and France decried U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland as blackmail on Sunday, as France proposed responding with a range of untested economic countermeasures. Trump vowed on Saturday to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on EU members Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany,…
The EU states want to defend themselves against the threatened US tariffs with their own import duties for American goods.
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