European leaders push back at Trump’s Greenland tariff threats, triggering emergency talks

European leaders have issued a joint statement after President Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on key allies unless they agree to negotiations over U.S. control of Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. The diplomatic flare-up erupted after Trump said Saturday that the United States would pursue the purchase of Greenland and penalize countries opposing that goal with trade measures. He later announced plans to impose a 10 percent tariff on imports from eight European countries beginning Feb. 1, with the rate rising to 25 percent on June 1, remaining in effect “until such time as