“We are happy to see that the escalation is off the table for now,” she said.
The EU may resume talks on a US trade deal agreed in July 2025 after President Donald Trump took back a tariff threat issued while seeking support from European allies for his wish to acquire Greenland, the European Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola has said.
European Council President Antonio Costa chaired an emergency summit in Brussels to reassess US ties.
The summit didn’t arrive at any decision.
“This means that we can continue at this stage our discussions internally on the EU-US trade deal, which had been paused pending the impending tariff threat,” she was quoted as saying by global media reports.
The European Parliament had earlier this week decided to suspend work on the trade deal due to Trump’s new tariff threats.
Meanwhile, European Council President Antonio Costa chaired an emergency summit in Brussels to reassess US ties. The summit didn’t arrive at any decision, but he said the priority now must be to implement the EU-US trade deal agreed in July 2025.
The EU “will continue to stand up for its interests and will defend itself, its member states, its citizens and its companies against any form of coercion,” he told reporters.
In the next EU budget from 2028, the Commission also wants to double financial support for Greenland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
Her team will soon put forward a comprehensive package of investments in Greenland, she added.
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