Overview
- The tariffs, set to take effect on February 1, target Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, with specific goods still unspecified.
- French President Emmanuel Macron labeled the tariff threats unacceptable, and EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa declared full solidarity with Denmark and Greenland while warning of a damaging downward spiral.
- Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his country will not be blackmailed and reported intensive consultations on a joint response with EU partners, Norway and the UK.
- Denmark has increased its military presence in Greenland, and NATO allies are joining planning missions to expand cooperation in the Arctic.
- A U.S. delegation met Danish and Greenlandic leaders in Copenhagen as Republican senators Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski criticized the tariff plan as harmful to the United States and NATO.