Overview
- Starting Feb. 1, the U.S. plans a 10% tariff on imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, which the president tied to the “Greenland question” without detailing targeted goods.
- EU leaders condemned the move as unacceptable and warned of a single, coordinated response, with ambassadors meeting and lawmakers indicating they may halt approval of an EU–U.S. trade agreement.
- Eight of the targeted countries issued a joint statement affirming solidarity with Denmark and Greenland, stressing that Arctic security cooperation should proceed through NATO.
- Thousands protested in Denmark and in Nuuk, where Greenland’s premier joined demonstrators opposing any transfer of the island to the United States.
- Republican senators Tom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski criticized the tariffs as harmful to U.S. and NATO interests, while separate Bloomberg reporting on a $1 billion fee for permanent “Peace Council” seats drew a White House denial.