The European Union responds to Trump's threats. Unofficially: he is preparing retaliatory tariffs
Retaliatory tariffs prepared by Europeans are to be their bargaining chip in talks with Trump, which they will conduct during the Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – reports the Financial Times.
The British daily reports that European countries prepared a list of tariffs last year, but then postponed the decision until February to avoid a tariff war with the US. On Sunday – according to “FT” – the ambassadors of 27 EU countries returned to the topic at a meeting in Brussels.
— If the situation continues, there are clear retaliatory instruments. Trump uses purely mafia methods, said one of the diplomats, quoted by a British daily.
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Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on Europeans. It's about Greenland
On Saturday Donald Trump announced that he would impose additional tariffs of 10% from February 1. on products imported into the United States from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Finland. As he said, these are the countries that sent their soldiers to Greenland.
Trump wants to take over Greenland. That's how he justifies it
Donald Trump has said many times about the need for the United States to take over Greenland. He recently speculated that if the US does not take control of Greenland, China or Russia will do so. He rejected other solutions, such as increasing the presence of US troops there and the NATO mission on the island proposed by Germany.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, he said the US may have to “choose” between Greenland and NATO. The Danish authorities and citizens of the country strongly oppose these claims.
