EU ambassadors summoned for emergency talks after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland – Europe live

From 42m ago 10.20 GMT Dutch minister calls Trump's Greenland tariff threat 'blackmail' The Netherlands’ foreign minister on Sunday said that US president Donald Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs on European allies until they agree to sell Greenland to the United States is “blackmail“. “It’s blackmail what he’s doing ... and it’s not necessary. It doesn’t help the alliance [Nato] and it also doesn’t help Greenland,” David van Weel said in an interview on Dutch television. In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump said additional 10% import tariffs would take effect on 1 February on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and Great Britain _ countries that have agreed to contribute personnel to a Nato exercise on Greenland. Van Weel said the Greenland mission was intended to show the US Europe’s willingness to help defend Greenland and he was opposed to Trump making a connection with diplomacy over the island and trade. Ambassadors from the European Union’s 27 countries will convene on Sunday for an emergency meeting to discuss their response to Trump’s tariff threat (see post 8.23). Share Updated at 10.31 GMT

now 11.01 GMT The United States will also suffer if president Donald Trump implements threats to impose tariffs on European countries opposing his plans to acquire Greenland, a French minister said on Sunday.