Europe’s dependence on the United States for NATO security limits its options. Its strongest response could be retaliating with its own trade “bazooka.”

The eight countries threatened with tariffs by the US President said they “stand in full solidarity” with the people of Greenland and Denmark.

OSLO | Xinhua |  Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen posted on her social media platform on Sunday that “Europe will not be blackmailed,” following a series of emergency calls with European leaders after U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats over Greenland. Frederiksen said she had spoken with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel …

"Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral," Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden warned in a joint statement.

"Tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral," says European Union Chief Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, president of the European Council.