Taoiseach: EU will retaliate if Trump applies tariffs over Greenland

As well as Micheál Martin's comments, foreign minister Helen McEntee said 'the future of Greenland is a matter to be determined by Denmark and by the Greenlandic people'

A photo from March of last year when US vice president JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance toured the US military's Pituffik space base in Greenland. Picture: Jim Watson/AP

The EU will “obviously retaliate” if Donald Trump proceeds with threatened tariffs on the bloc in his pursuit of control of Greenland, the Taoiseach has said.

Over the weekend, the US president said Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland will be charged a 10% tariff “on any and all goods” sent to the US from February 1, increased to 25% from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.