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Emmanuel Macron has hit back at Donald Trump’s latest threats to impose tariffs on any country opposing his Greenland takeover, warning that “no amount of intimidation” will persuade European nations to change their course on Greenland.

He was echoed by the Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, who warned the EU would not be “blackmailed” by the US president, who on Saturday announced 10% tariffs on eight European countries from 1 February, with a further 25% tariff from 1 June.

In a joint statement, EU leaders said “tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral”.

It is highly likely that the European parliament will halt ratification of last summer’s trade deal with the US after Manfred Weber, the head of the European People’s party, the largest voting bloc in the institute, said they would have to pause the legal rubber stamping process.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I think the only response to Trump's threat is a demand that he explain himself in order to allow trade to resume.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Why bother? He'd only talk about the new ballroom being built at the Whitehouse amyways.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Be passingly humorous if ww3 was started of that

[–] Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I honestly don’t see why the EU and UK don’t cut off the USA entirely in response. Cancel all flights, cancel all visas. Cut the internet connection, allow no cargo to dock or undock, block all financial transactions. How hard can it be, if they want to be a pariah fine, it’s no great loss.

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

You want a BrEUxit?

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone -2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Okay but what if it stops just being intimidation

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[–] TwoForJuanBagelSale@feddit.org -1 points 20 hours ago

at this point i don't believe any of the politics going on. world wide.

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