EU explores €93B Trump tariff retaliation over Greenland threats – POLITICO

BRUSSELS — The EU is considering far-reaching trade measures — including €93 billion worth of tariffs against the U.S. — to deter Donald Trump from trying to wrest control of Greenland, according to eight diplomats and officials.

During a three-hour meeting in Brussels on Sunday, diplomats from the bloc's 27 governments underscored the importance of readying tangible options to fight back against Trump in case talks with Washington over the coming week don't lead to a swift resolution, the officials said.

The talks were hastily arranged after the U.S. president threatened 10 percent tariffs from Feb. 1, rising to 25 percent on June 1, on six EU countries plus the U.K. and Norway, which he considers to be standing in the way of his designs on the Artic territory, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. As the sense of crisis grows, European Council President António Costa said he would call a summit of EU leaders this week.