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European Union leaders are gearing up for a crunch week as they seek to defuse an escalating tariff conflict with the United States over Greenland, while also preparing a response should US President Donald Trump impose additional tariffs on six member states on February 1. In a meeting in Brussels on Sunday, EU ambassadors called […]

German Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Lars Klingbeil told journalists on Monday that the European Union must be prepared to use its full arsenal of retaliatory measures to push back against threats from United States President Donald Trump. “Europeans must make clear the limit has been reached,” the German minister said. “There is a legally established […]

9:14 GMT+1 Rutte to meet with Danish, Greenland ministers this afternoon Here’s an important meeting to monitor today: NATO chief Mark Rutte will receive Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Research of Greenland, Vivian Motzfeldt. The meeting, which was announced on Friday before Trump revealed his plan to […]

Good morning from Brussels. Officials and diplomats in this city are still reeling this morning after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap an extra 10% tariff on eight European countries — including Denmark, Germany and France — next month, rising to 25% in June, unless Greenland’s sale to the US is agreed. Financial markets […]

Published on 19/01/2026 – 7:38 GMT+1 European lawmakers say they will not be blackmailed, as they respond to President Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs against countries voicing support for Greenland. And with the US president signaling a tougher economic stance towards allies, concern is growing in Brussels of a looming trade war. For more on […]

Pressure is growing on European leaders to deploy its trade bazooka against the United States after President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs if Denmark does not agree to sell the territory of Greenland. In a scenario of coercion, the EU counts with a powerful tool in the anti-coertion instrument, and calls are intensifying for Brussels […]

Calls are growing louder for the European Union to deploy its trade bazooka against the United States after President Trump said he would impose fresh tariffs on Denmark and its European allies until it agrees to sell Greenland in an unprecedented escalation. European leaders are coordinating their next move after the Trump administration threatened to […]

European leaders pledged a united response after US President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs until Denmark agrees to sell Greenland in an unprecedented escalation that could trigger a new trade war and break the transatlantic alliance. From Ursula von der Leyen to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, EU leaders vowed to […]

US President Donald Trump said that he will charge a 10% import tax from February 1 on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to the US-control of Greenland. Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would face […]

ByEuronewswithAFP Published on 17/01/2026 – 17:02 GMT+1 Thousands of people took to the streets of Denmark’s capital on Saturday to protest at US President Donald Trump’s push to take over Greenland. The protest followed Trump’s warning on Friday that he “may put a tariff” on countries that oppose his plans to take over mineral-rich Greenland, […]