The deployments came amid intensifying pressure from Trump, who wants to annex the Arctic island, a semi-autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. He has not ruled out using military force to do so. Trump denounced the move by allied countries, warning: “These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level […]
Continue ReadingMerz, on the other hand, urged a less confrontational approach to Trump, acknowledging that a trade war would be especially damaging to Germany’s export-oriented economy while expressing confidence Berlin and Paris would find a common position. “France is affected by the American tariffs to a different extent than we are, and in this respect I […]
Continue ReadingBERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday that Berlin and Paris would negotiate a joint strategy to stave off U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats in the run up to a gathering of the bloc’s 27 leaders in Brussels this week. French President Emmanuel Macron’s office on Sunday asked the European Union to […]
Continue Reading“A tariff war isn’t in anybody’s interests,” he said. “What I want to do is to avoid a tariff war, because it will be businesses, workers and families across the country that will be hit by a trade war.” Britain has “not got to that stage,” he said on the question of U.K. retaliation. “My […]
Continue ReadingNorway’s government does not award the prize, which is given out by an independent committee. The American president’s declaration that he is no longer so fixated on playing peacemaker comes amid his increasingly aggressive saber-rattling on Greenland, the self-ruling Danish territory he has vowed to seize for the U.S. Over the weekend, Trump announced he […]
Continue Reading“Everything must be prepared now,” he added, while also emphasizing “we are ready to find solutions. We are extending our hand, but we are not prepared to be blackmailed.” French President Emmanuel Macron’s office had announced Sunday that France would ask the EU to activate the bloc’s Anti-Coercion Instrument, nicknamed the trade bazooka. Germany is usually more […]
Continue ReadingEuropean leaders this week face an escalating crisis as U.S. President Donald Trump steps up his threats to seize the island of Greenland, a self-ruling Danish territory. Trump has threatened to tariff eight European countries in pursuit of his goal, sparking intense discussions (plus outrage) across the Continent about how Europe should hit back in […]
Continue Reading“The coalition of the willing started as being about Ukraine,” said another diplomat. “But it has created very close ties between some of the key people in the capitals. They have been building up trust and also aptitude to work together. They know each other by name and it’s easy to reach out and to […]
Continue Reading“It’s clear that a line has been drawn and enough is enough,” said one diplomat with knowledge of Sunday’s talks. “But at the moment we are discussing options — if Trump’s tariffs are imposed, then then we will be discussing not what options there are but which options to use.” The €93 billion in retaliatory […]
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS ―The leaders of the European Union’s 27 governments will meet “in the coming days” to discuss a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, European Council President António Costa announced late Sunday. Costa called the extraordinary meeting of the European Council after EU ambassadors huddled in Brussels on Sunday to discuss […]
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