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Greenland Minister: ‘Grateful to the Europeans for their reaction to Trump’s tariffs’. Emergency meeting of the 27 EU ambassadors on tariffs today
Tajani: ‘New tariffs war would benefit our competitors’
“I believe that everything can be resolved with a calm confrontation. President Meloni spoke with President Trump today, he explained what the reasons are. I believe that a further customs war only serves to benefit our competitors, I mean the competitors of the West’. This was stated by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, commenting at a press point in Misurata, Libya, on the new tariffs threatened by Trump for European countries that have sent troops to Greenland.
Nbc: Trump looks to Canada, wants to strengthen Arctic border
Donald Trump is committed to Greenland but privately is increasingly setting his sights on Canada, lamenting its vulnerability to American adversaries in the Arctic. This is reported by Nbc citing sources who say that as part of the debate on US strategy in the Arctic, the administration is considering a potential agreement with Canada to strengthen its northern border. The arrangement does not include any deployment of US troops along Canada’s northern border. Trump has said several times in the past that he wants to make Canada the 51st US state, but has not spoken about this in recent months.
Eight European countries (without Italy): tariffs risk triggering dangerous spiral
“Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk triggering a dangerous downward spiral. We will continue to respond in a united and coordinated manner. We are committed to defending our sovereignty’. This is what Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, i.e. the eight countries for which US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs as of 1 February, wrote in a joint note. “We stand in full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark and the people of Greenland,” the note continues, “on the basis of the process initiated last week, we are ready to engage in a dialogue based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, which we firmly support.”