As previously reported by SteelOrbis, Trump announced via social media that the United States will impose additional 10 percent duties on all goods exported from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, starting on February 1. The measures will remain in effect until an agreement is reached on the full purchase of Greenland by the United States.
Approval of the trade deal is increasingly in doubt
The Trade Agreement signed in August 2025 by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, imposed a 15 percent US tariff on most EU goods in exchange for the abolition of EU duties on American manufactured goods and selected agricultural products. Although parts of the agreement are already being provisionally applied, full implementation still requires the consent of the European Parliament.
Opposition within parliament intensified after the US expanded existing 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum to cover additional EU products.
Calls to suspend implementation and consider the possibility of retaliationBernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament's trade department, said that work on the implementation of the agreement should be suspended until the United States removes tariff threats. He also called on lawmakers to consider using the EU's anti-coercion tool, which allows for countermeasures such as retaliatory tariffs, investment restrictions, or restrictions on access to EU public procurement markets.
Several members of the European Parliament, including One of them, Danish MP Per Clausen, officially called for the deal to be frozen as long as the US claims and pressure related to Greenland continue. As a result, the ratification of the EU-US trade agreement is becoming more and more
