French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the EU to activate its strongest trade defence after Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on European allies amid tensions linked to Greenland.
Trump said the US would impose an additional 10% levy from 1 February, rising to 25% in June if no agreement is reached. The move has sharpened strains across the transatlantic relationship and within NATO.
An Élysée official said France would ask the European Union to trigger its anti-coercion instrument, which can restrict single-market access for US firms.
Key developments
• Targeted countries include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland.
• EU lawmakers are delaying ratification of a US-EU trade deal
• Germany’s Lars Klingbeil warned Europe “must not allow ourselves to be blackmailed”
• Denmark’s defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the tariffs were unacceptable for NATO allies
European leaders said tariff threats risk escalation, while the European Commission signalled the trade deal’s implementation would now be difficult.
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