EU Calls Emergency Meeting After Trump Threatens Tariffs on Eight Allies Over Greenland

Overview

• Trump said imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom will face new duties tied to a Greenland purchase agreement.
• European leaders denounced the tariff threat as unacceptable and damaging to transatlantic relations and scheduled an emergency session on Sunday to coordinate a response.
• At Denmark’s request, France, Germany, the UK and other partners dispatched small contingents to Greenland for exercises and defense cooperation earlier in the week.
• Thousands protested in Copenhagen and Nuuk against U.S. ambitions, while Greenland minister Naaja Nathanielsen publicly thanked European governments for backing Danish sovereignty.
• Diplomatic channels remain open with a new U.S.–Denmark–Greenland working group, and Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is visiting Oslo, London and Stockholm to bolster NATO coordination in the Arctic.