European governments have criticized US President Donald Trump’s announcement that from next month they will oppose US control of Greenland.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland are on Trump’s list, although it was unclear whether the tariffs would affect the European Union as a bloc.
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The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, will ask the European Union to activate its “anti-coercion instrument” if the USA imposes the tariffs, his team said this Sunday, 18. The bloc’s weapon – never used before and nicknamed the commercial “bazooka” – allows it to restrict imports of goods and services.
Trump’s threat creates a . The American president indicated that the tariffs are in retaliation for the sending of symbolic troops by European countries to Greenland. The Europeans said the troops were sent in response to Trump’s call to strengthen security in the Arctic.
