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The European Council will hold an emergency meeting later this week to figure out how to deal with President Donald Trump’s new tariffs against eight EU countries. According to an EU official, leaders are expected to meet in person before the weekend. The focus is on building a unified response before the tariffs take effect on February 1. Trump announced a 10% tariff on products from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland. These are all NATO members and long-time US allies. His decision followed their refusal to send more than a few dozen troops to a joint Arctic mission in Greenland. The eight countries involved were clear that their limited deployment was about strengthening security in the region. But Trump didn’t like the optics and hit back with tariffs. Leaders discuss €93B retaliation and anti-coercion tool EU ambassadors met Sunday evening in Brussels to prepare for the leaders’ meeting. One option now being considered is to go ahead with a €93 billion ($108 billion) retaliation plan. That package was already approved last year, but got paused when Trump agreed to a trade pact. Now, that pact is on hold. EU lawmakers say they won’t move forward with it while the tariffs hang over their heads. There’s also talk about a legal weapon called the anti-coercion instrument, which lets the EU strike back at countries using economic threats. French President Emmanuel Macron brought the idea up again during the weekend meeting. France had walked away from it before when Trump warned of more retaliation. But things have changed. After Sunday’s ambassador meeting, European Council President Antonio Costa posted online that the bloc is still fully behind Denmark and Greenland. He said Trump’s tariffs break the EU-US trade agreement. Public anger is growing too. Protests broke out…

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