EU Hosts Emergency Meeting in Response to Trump’s Tariffs Over Greenland

Trump said the United States would impose increasing tariffs on eight European nations rejecting a U.S. purchase of Greenland starting Feb. 1.
EU Hosts Emergency Meeting in Response to Trump’s Tariffs Over Greenland
Buildings in Nuuk, Greenland, January 14, 2026. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
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The European Union called an emergency meeting of ambassadors from the bloc’s 27 nations on Jan. 18 to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to impose a series of increasing tariffs on some European allies that oppose the United States’ efforts to acquire Greenland.

The holder of the EU’s six-month rotating presidency, Cyprus, announced late on Jan. 17 that it had planned the meeting for the next day, which is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. local time.

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