Overview
- President Donald Trump announced 10% tariffs from February 1, rising to 25% on June 1, on imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland until a Greenland deal is reached.
- EU ambassadors met in Brussels on Sunday, and European Council President António Costa scheduled an extraordinary leaders’ summit for Thursday to coordinate the response.
- French President Emmanuel Macron signaled he will seek activation of the EU anti‑coercion instrument if the new U.S. duties take effect, and Economy Minister Roland Lescure heads to Berlin on Monday to press Germany and coordinate an immediate European stance.
- Options under discussion include reviving a suspended plan for tariffs on about €93 billion of U.S. goods, while major European Parliament groups indicated they would refuse to ratify last summer’s trade accord with Washington.
- Diplomats say many capitals still prefer de‑escalation and the EU has not agreed on deploying the anti‑coercion tool, while experts note implementing differentiated U.S. tariffs would be technically challenging.