Taxi.com report, January 20. According to the website of Singapore's Straits Times, on January 19, German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Christian Lindner said that US President Trump's threat to annex Greenland has touched the EU's red line, and called on the EU to consider measures to counter economic coercion.
Bloomberg News reported that Lindner said on January 19: "We are constantly facing new provocations and new hostility, which is what US President Trump is seeking. We Europeans must show that this has crossed the line."
Lindner added: "Europe has a set of tools established by law, which can be used with very sensitive measures to respond to economic extortion. We should now discuss using these measures."
Trump announced on January 17 that starting February 1, he would impose a 10% tariff on goods from eight European countries, increasing to 25% in June, unless an agreement is reached for the US to purchase Greenland. Sources said that if Trump continues to push forward with the tariff measures, the EU may impose tariffs on $93 billion worth of American goods. The EU has begun discussions on this matter.
Lindner said: "The line has been crossed... In negotiations, I have noticed that people expect us not to give in to blackmail and to take action against it. For me, every moment must clearly know that Europe must be ready to take action, and not prepare at the last minute. We must start preparing now."
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