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EU calls emergency meeting after Trump promises Greenland tariffs
Good morning and welcome to the Europe live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news and reactions throughout the day.
We start with this news Ambassadors of the European Union’s 27 countries will meet for an emergency meeting on Sunday After US President Donald Trump vowed to increase tariffs on its European allies until the US was allowed to buy Greenland.
Cyprus, which holds the six-month EU rotating presidency, said late Saturday that it had called the meeting for Sunday. EU diplomats said the meeting would start at 17:00 (16:00 GMT).
in a long time to mail On Saturday at Truth Social, Trump said he would impose a 10% tariff on “all goods shipped into the United States” from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, starting Feb. 1.
He said the tariff will increase to 25 percent on June 1.
“This Tariff shall be due and payable until an Agreement for the Total and Complete acquisition of Greenland is reached,” Trump said.
The president’s long-standing interest in seizing Greenland “one way or another” has become an obsession since the U.S. raid captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in early January. He claims that the current status of the Arctic region poses a national security threat to the United States, although this is disputed by US allies, including Denmark.
In the post published Saturday morning, Trump said forces from eight European countries “went to Greenland for unknown purposes.” This was a clear reference to NATO allies deploy troops A meeting was held in Greenland on Thursday in response to Trump’s threat to seize the Arctic island, which is an autonomous region of Denmark, by force.
“The president’s statement came as a surprise,” Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said. replied on social media. “We had a constructive meeting with Vice President Vance and Secretary Rubio earlier this week. The purpose of the increased military presence in Greenland that the President mentioned is to increase security in the Arctic.”
