EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said President Donald Trump’s push to take over Greenland and tariff threats over the EU’s proposed closer ties with Canada damaged trust with the United States. Europe wants to work with Washington on shared challenges, she said.
In a Sept. 24 interview in New York, Kallas called a deal Trump signed with Denmark and Greenland beneficial for Arctic security. It allows the United States to expand its military presence on the island but stops short of Trump’s demand for control and largely affirms powers the US already had. Kallas said friendly negotiations might have reached the same result.
The separate dispute involves an EU proposal to make Canada an associate member, a category that does not currently exist; the article says its benefits for Canada are unclear. Trump said on Sept. 16 that if he considered the proposal hostile, he could impose “very serious tariffs” or stop trading with Europe on many things. Kallas said the EU’s friendship with Canada did not concern anyone else.
