How could Trump’s Greenland tariffs hit individual EU countries? (FT)

The US president has threatened to impose 10% tariffs from the beginning of February, on the eight countries (the UK, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands) that have sent military forces to Greenland — rising to 25% on June 1. Trump wants the US to take ownership of the strategically important island. Assuming the tariffs on individual countries did come into force, the EU could be expected to retaliate collectively against the US measures, according to Michael Gasiorek. “We may be coming to the point where countries actually need to and will co-ordinate a response to Trump. Trump has crossed a line in going beyond simply some bilateral market-access [trade] negotiation to try and force Nato countries apart. I cannot see them agreeing to this,” says Gasiorek.

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