Europeans Threaten to Hold Up EU-U.S. Trade Deal, Boycott World Cup over Trump’s Greenland Tariffs

 

Advocates in Europe of hardball negotiations over Greenland have suggested stalling the ratification of the trade deal with the United States after President Donald Trump announced that America will impose tariffs on eight countries for opposing the United States acquiring the arctic island.

 

European leaders reacted with outrage and indignation over the move by President Trump to impose a 10 per cent tariff on Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, all of whom have recently committed to sending troops to Greenland in an apparent show of force against Washington’s Monroe Doctrine-style demands that the island come under American control to ensure national and global security.

 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asserted that the military exercises were “pre-coordinated” and do not pose a “threat to anyone”. Nevertheless, she reasserted Brussels’ support for Copenhagen and warned that “tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.”

 

“Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty,” the German Eurocrat vowed.

 

To that end, Reuters reported that the ambassadors representing the 27 member states of the EU were summoned to meet for crisis talks on Sunday in Cyprus, which currently controls the bloc’s rotating presidency. The meetings are expected to 

 

Multinational Reassurance Exercise Latest: Britain Sends One Army Officer to Greenland https://t.co/KIcbqWNqGQ

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