LAST TIME Donald Trump waives tariffs against European states. New announcement about Greenland, after a discussion with the head of NATO
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US President Donald Trump has announced, in a post on the TruthSocial network, that he will no longer apply the tariffs he had threatened with eight European states that oppose the takeover of Greenland by the United States. Instead, Trump agreed with Mark Rutte, NATO's secretary general, to hold further negotiations on the Arctic island.
“Based on a very productive meeting I had with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, we set the framework for a future agreement on Greenland and indeed the entire Arctic region.
This solution, if completed, will be an excellent one for the United States of America and for all NATO countries.
Based on this understanding, I will not impose the rates that were to go into effect on February 1st.
Further discussions are taking place regarding the Golden Dome, as it pertains to Greenland. Additional information will be made available as discussions progress. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and others as needed will be in charge of the negotiations – reporting directly to me,” Donald Trump wrote in the post on Truth Social.
Trump on Saturday threatened eight countries (Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland) with tariffs of 10% from February 1, which would increase to 25% from June 1, causing a crisis in transatlantic relations. Following this threat, Germany withdrew its 15 soldiers sent to Greenland on Sunday. Norway and the Netherlands, which each sent two soldiers to the Arctic island, also announced that they would be withdrawn.
But some European officials in turn threaten the USA with commercial retaliation, such as the anti-coercion tool, or “commercial bazooka”, a mechanism that would allow the European Commission to impose restrictions on imports and exports to the United States, on American investments in the EU, to restrict the intellectual property rights of American companies or to prohibit them from participating in public tenders.
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