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0:06	Report by| Jörg Jelinnek
1:06	Olof Gill | European Commission Deputy Chief Spokesperson

((info: Tensions are mounting between Washington and the European Union. 
US President Donald Trump has threatened the EU with punitive tariffs unless Greenland is handed over to the US. European leaders are refusing to yield to what they describe as political blackmail. Calls for retaliation are growing louder — and this time, it may not stop at counter-tariffs. France’s President Emmanuel Macron has floated the use of a powerful emergency tool, ominously dubbed the “trade bazooka.”))

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It’s these images that have sparked US President Trump’s anger: troops from eight European countries deployed to support Greenland.
 
Trump is now threatening new tariffs against all of those countries, including Germany, the United Kingdom, and France starting Febuary 1st.
 
Aides to French President Macron say he will push the EU to activate the so-called “trade bazooka” — the first time in EU history such a measure would be used.
 
Officially called the anti-coersion instrument, it is considered the EU’s most powerful weapon in trade disputes. 

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The measures could block American products from entering the European market. 
Meaning it could shut off American enterprises from its single market consisting of 450 million consumers.  

US companies could also be excluded from public  contracts.

Additional levies on US software firms are also possible.
 
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At a press conference in Brussels, an EU spokesperson did not exclude the use of the bazooka.

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(( +++ Olof Gill, European Commission Deputy Chief Spokesperson +++ ))
"Should the threatened tariffs be imposed, the European Union has tools at its disposal and is prepared to respond because we will do everything necessary to protect EU economic interests."
  
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It seems, after favouring a policy of de-escalation, the EU is switching tone.
   
So, what's next? 

The European Commission can propose activating the instrument, but it would still need approval from a qualified majority of EU states.

Under the rules, it could take months before any concrete measures come into force.

But even launching the process alone could send a signal that Brussels is ready to push back against its closest ally.