European powers will not be blackmailed, and there will be a clear and united response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of higher tariffs over Greenland, the German and French finance ministers ​said on Monday.

Trump vowed on Saturday to implement β€Œa wave of increasing tariffs on imports from European allies until ‍the United States is allowed to buy Greenland, intensifying a dispute over the future of Denmark's vast Arctic island.

His threats have prompted the European Union to weigh hitting back with its own measures.

"Germany and France agree: We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed," German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said at his minis

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