Overview
- Trump announced 10% tariffs on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland starting Feb. 1, rising to 25% on June 1, to remain until a deal is struck for the U.S. to buy Greenland.
- The eight targeted nations and EU leaders issued coordinated condemnations, with a joint statement warning of a "dangerous downward spiral" and EU ambassadors convening an emergency meeting in Brussels.
- France signaled readiness to trigger the EU’s anti-coercion tool if the tariffs proceed, as leaders including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Ulf Kristersson rejected pressure over Greenland’s status.
- European governments said recent small troop deployments to Greenland supported a Danish exercise and posed no threat, while thousands protested in Copenhagen and large crowds rallied in Nuuk against a U.S. takeover.
- Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers criticized the plan, a congressional delegation sought to reassure Denmark and Greenland, Democrats moved to block the tariffs, and legal questions persist as the Supreme Court reviews Trump’s tariff authority and EU lawmakers threaten to stall a pending trade deal.