Overview
- President Trump announced 10% tariffs from February 1 on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, rising to 25% on June 1, tying the move to U.S. demands over Greenland while leaving key implementation details unspecified.
- European Council President António Costa will convene an extraordinary summit, as EU ambassadors weighed responses and, per the Financial Times, examined tariff measures worth up to €93 billion and potential market‑access limits under the anti‑coercion tool.
- EU politicians signaled they could freeze parliamentary approval of a recent EU–US trade agreement, and France urged activating the anti‑coercion instrument if Washington proceeds.
- Denmark boosted military activity in Greenland and hosted allied planning exercises, while thousands protested in Copenhagen and in Nuuk, where Greenlandic leaders voiced support for Danish sovereignty.
- U.S. reactions split as Republican senators Tom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski warned the tariffs would damage NATO and U.S. interests, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended them as a strategic choice, and European officials from Finland, Norway and the Netherlands condemned the threats.