Trump’s Greenland Tariffs Blow Up the EU Appeasement Plan (1)

Ursula von der Leyen was preparing to claim a rare victory on Saturday, sealing a trade pact with South America’s biggest economies. Donald Trump had other ideas.

Moments before von der Leyen stepped to the podium in Paraguay, the US president dropped a blistering announcement: He was piling more tariffs on Europe over its support for Greenland.

As the European Union’s top executive, von der Leyen was suddenly in an unexpected spotlight as people waited to see if she would publicly rebuke the US president’s latest threat to unravel alliances built over decades.

Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump, along with members of both delegations pose for a photo following discussions in Turnberry, Scotland in an image released by the Office of the United States Trade Representative on July 27.

Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative

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