EU to hold emergency summit on Trump's tariff threat over Greenland
CBC
European Union leaders will convene in Brussels on Thursday for an emergency summit following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on several EU countries over his demand to acquire Greenland, a European Union spokesperson said Monday.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, at an emergency press conference on Monday in London, said he would use "the full strength of government" to try to stop the U.S. decision after privately telling Trump the previous day that he was "wrong" on the issue.
Starmer said the alliance with the United States had provided security and prosperity to Britain for decades, and said he would work to maintain those strong ties and defuse the tensions around Greenland, which have thrown the future of NATO into doubt.
Asked if he thought Trump was genuinely considering military action with respect to Greenland, Starmer said, "I don't, actually. I think that this can be resolved and should be resolved through calm discussion."
Trump has threatened tariffs on eight countries that sent small numbers of military personnel to Greenland last week, following the U.S. president's repeated statements that he wanted to take over Denmark's vast Arctic island.
Trump said the tariffs of 10 per cent would go into effect on Feb. 1 and rise to 25 per cent on June 1.
Starmer said he had spoken to Trump on Sunday and told him that those forces were "clearly there to assess and work on risk from the Russians."
The second Trump administration's aggressive statements have caused confusion and consternation, as a 1951 agreement between the U.S. and Denmark gives Washington the right to move around freely and construct military bases in Greenland, as long as Denmark and Greenland are notified.
Among the eight countries facing a new threat of tariffs is Norway. Trump has told Norway's prime minister he no longer feels obligated "to think purely of Peace" because he had not been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, and he repeated his demand for control of Greenland, in a letter seen by Reuters.
"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America," Trump wrote in the letter.
The letter came in response to a brief message to Trump from Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Finnish President Alexander Stubb opposing his decision to impose tariffs on European allies over their refusal to let the U.S. take control of Greenland, Stoere said in a statement.
Stoere said he had repeatedly told Trump that the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the peace prize, is independent and that Norway's government has no control over it.
Trump has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize, which last year was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
Machado gave Trump her gold medal during a White House meeting last week, though the Norwegian Nobel Committee has said the prize cannot be transferred, shared or revoked.
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