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What is the EU’s ‘anti-coercion instrument’ and will it be used against Trump?

Trump threatens to raise tariffs on eight European countries that are blocking the plan to take control of Greenland. REUTERS - Dado Ruvic

Europe is weighing up its toughest trade response as tensions with Washington flare over Greenland – but Brussels insists it would rather talk than trade blows.

After US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on a string of European countries unless Greenland is ceded to the United States, the European Union finds itself contemplating a powerful – and so far unused – weapon in its trade arsenal: the so-called "anti-coercion" instrument.

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