Overview
- President Trump set a 10% levy from February 1 on imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, rising to 25% in June until a “full and final” sale of Greenland.
- EU ambassadors gathered for an emergency meeting in Brussels as European Council President António Costa coordinated a joint response.
- Denmark expanded military activity in Greenland, with allies including France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, Germany and Slovenia sending personnel for exercises and reconnaissance.
- European leaders condemned the plan, with Ursula von der Leyen affirming Greenland’s place within Denmark and confirming allied participation in drills, while Italy’s Giorgia Meloni labeled the tariff threat a mistake and Sweden’s Ulf Kristersson called it blackmail.
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer raised objections directly with Trump by phone, U.S. Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Tom Tillis criticized the tariffs as harmful to allies, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer urged Europe to isolate the Greenland dispute from broader trade talks.