EU vows ‘unflinching’ response to Trump’s Greenland threats
Global News
Trump said he would impose a 10 per cent import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.
Europe’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats will be “unflinching, united, and proportional,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a speech Tuesday, while expressing solidarity with Greenland and Denmark.
On Saturday, Trump said he would impose a 10 per cent import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.
Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, a member of both the European Union and the U.S.-led NATO.
The tariffs are “a mistake, especially between long-standing allies,” von der Leyen said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which has seen leaders from all over the world gather.
“Plunging us into a downward spiral would only aid the very adversaries we are both so committed to keeping out of the strategic landscape,” she said.
“Our response will be unflinching, united and proportional.”
The EU’s top official also expressed solidarity with Greenland and Denmark, adding that their sovereignty was “non-negotiable.”
She went on to say that Europe would be open to working with the U.S. on Arctic security.
U.S. President Donald Trump for months has insisted that the U.S. should control Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.
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