Overview
- The president said a 10% tariff on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland will start Feb. 1, rising to 25% on June 1 until a deal is reached for the “complete and total purchase of Greenland.”
- France’s Emmanuel Macron, the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen, Sweden’s Ulf Kristersson and the UK’s Keir Starmer called the plan unacceptable and signaled a coordinated European response, as EU ambassadors were called to an emergency meeting.
- Thousands marched in Copenhagen and demonstrators rallied in Nuuk to support Greenland’s self-governance and oppose U.S. attempts to buy the territory.
- A bipartisan U.S. delegation led by Senator Chris Coons met officials in Copenhagen to reassure allies, while Republicans Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats in criticizing the tariff move.
- Legal uncertainty looms because the Supreme Court is weighing the scope of presidential emergency powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a ruling that could affect the tariffs’ viability.