Ambassadors from the European Union’s 27 countries will convene for an emergency meeting after US President Donald Trump vowed a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland.
Cyprus, which holds the six-month rotating EU presidency, said late yesterday that it had called the meeting for today. EU diplomats said it was set to start at 5pm (4pm Irish time).
In a post on Truth Social yesterday, Mr Trump said that from 1 February Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland would be subject to a 10% tariff on all goods sent to the US.
Mr Trump said those tariffs will then…