Overview
- President Donald Trump set extra import duties of 10% from February 1, rising to 25% on June 1, targeting eight European countries unless they yield U.S. control over Greenland.
- The eight governments issued a joint declaration, posted by Dutch interim prime minister Dick Schoof, warning the move undermines ties with the U.S. and affirming solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
- Dutch foreign minister David van Weel called the plan blackmail, said The Hague is coordinating closely with the European Commission, and confirmed the two Dutch personnel in Greenland will not be withdrawn.
- EU institutions revived a retaliatory tariff list worth about €93 billion and European Council president António Costa scheduled an extra leaders’ summit, following an urgent meeting of EU ambassadors.
- Dutch military chief Onno Eichelsheim cautioned against a NATO rupture, while reporting points to potential U.S. court tests of the tariffs and signals from the European Parliament to withhold ratification of a U.S.-EU trade deal.