EU Seeks Dialogue with US
President Donald Trump announced plans to introduce 10% tariffs beginning February 1 on goods from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland. These duties would rise to 25% in June unless an agreement is reached over the "complete and total purchase of Greenland."
He justified the measure by citing national security and strategic interests in the Arctic.
Gill emphasized that EU leaders are consulting closely and maintaining dialogue with the US at all levels. He noted, "Sometimes the most responsible form of leadership is restraint, and responsible leadership is what President (Ursula) von der Leyen and indeed the European Union as a whole are all about."
He further explained that the EU is carefully distinguishing between threats and actual policy actions.
"Yes, a threat has been made. The EU is responding to it responsibly with restraint, by trying to make the origin of that threat go away and find a solution that works for all parties better, to maintain the hard-won stability and predictability that the EU-US Joint Statement provides," Gill added.
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