According to him, “the ratification of the tariff agreement with the United States, scheduled for January 26, was suspended” last night.
As Weber noted, Trump “will not receive duty-free access to the EU internal market.”
The suspension of ratification is the first signal to Washington, the politician added.
“Trump lost a lot last night,” Weber said.
Bloomberg wrote that the EU-US trade agreement, which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen concluded with Trump on July 27, 2025, has already partially entered into force, but still requires approval from the European Parliament. The document provides for fixed customs tariffs on EU goods in the United States at the level of 15% and duty-free trade in goods from the United States in the territory of the European Union.
Context
Trump has repeatedly repeated that the United States must gain control of Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark), otherwise it will allegedly be captured by China and the Russian Federation. He also said that the US could use military force to take over Greenland.
On January 13, Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said that between the United States and Denmark, the country chooses Denmark and “does not want” to belong to, be part of, or be governed by the United States.
Against the backdrop of statements by the American president, a number of countries, including Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Finland, sent military personnel to Greenland for reconnaissance purposes in preparation for military exercises. In response to this, on January 17, Trump announced a 10% tariff from February 1 on any goods supplied to the United States by these NATO countries. And from June 1, these duties will be increased to 25%, Trump noted. According to him, they will act until an agreement is reached on the “full and final purchase of Greenland” by the United States.
President of France Emmanuel Macron stated that no pressure or threats would affect his position either on Ukraine or Greenland. He called the threats of introducing duties themselves unacceptable.
On January 18, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK issued a joint statement noting that such actions by the American president undermine transatlantic relations.
The head of EU diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, noted that the aggravation of relations between the United States and EU countries over Greenland could distract countries from efforts to end the war started by the aggressor country Russia against Ukraine.
