The EU executive says it wants to engage with the US after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on European countries in the standoff over Greenland, but was ready to act if needed.
“Our priority is to engage, not escalate,” European Union trade spokesman Olof Gill said, but he added: “Should the threatened tariffs be imposed, the European Union has tools at its disposal and is prepared to respond.”
EU leaders will meet on Thursday evening for an emergency summit.
The crisis talks in Brussels come as the 27-nation bloc weighs potential countermeasures against the United States if Mr Trump follows through on punishing some of Washington’s closest…