Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 17, 2026
1 min readLast updated: January 19, 2026
The EU has called an emergency meeting after Trump threatened tariffs linked to the US purchasing Greenland. Cyprus, holding the EU presidency, announced the meeting set for Sunday.
BRUSSELS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Ambassadors from the European Union's 27 countries will convene on Sunday for an emergency meeting after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland.
Cyprus, which holds the six-month rotating EU presidency, said late on Saturday that it had called the meeting for Sunday. EU diplomats said it was set to start at 5 p.m. (1600 GMT).
(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop)
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