{"id":710662,"date":"2026-01-21T10:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/710662\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:57:32","slug":"trumps-tariff-threats-are-wrong-and-eu-is-prepared-to-act-says-von-der-leyen-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/710662\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s tariff threats are \u2018wrong\u2019 and EU is \u2018prepared to act,\u2019 says von der Leyen \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Von der Leyen\u2019s comments come as EU leaders scramble to deal with Trump\u2019s threats to annex Greenland and react to his announcement of 10 percent tariffs on goods from countries that sent troops to Nuuk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope prefers dialogue and solutions, but we are fully prepared to act, if necessary, with unity, urgency and determination,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Commission president also said  the EU needs to diversify its trade relationships and \u201creduce our dependencies.\u201d The EU is negotiating trade deals with India and other countries that \u201cwill open massive opportunities for our businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dOur supply chains and derisking goals depend on it,\u201d she added, hinting at the bloc\u2019s highly interlinked trade connections with the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union is on track to get nearly half of its gas from the United States by the end of the decade, creating a major strategic vulnerability for the bloc as relations with Washington hit an all-time low, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/europe-soaring-dependence-us-gas-imports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POLITICO reported<\/a> earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just a few hours before lawmakers vote on whether to send the Mercosur trade deal for legal review, which could stall the adoption process by up to two years, von der Leyen said the deal with the South American bloc will be beneficial for the dairy, wine, spirits and oil sectors, while the Commission has secured \u201cstrong\u201d safeguards for other sensitive agri-food sectors. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a deal that will bring benefits across our economy, across every member state. And it can shield Europe from the risks it faces, ensuring our prosperity and our security at the same time,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Von der Leyen\u2019s comments come as EU leaders scramble to deal with Trump\u2019s threats to annex Greenland and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[7478,365,32,2000,299,5187,1699,769,36,1824,366,730,6084,1197,22708,2597,104313,1115,2661,811,6648,812,479,3053,1201,49,1220,9917],"class_list":{"0":"post-710662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-dairy","9":"tag-denmark","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-european","14":"tag-european-union","15":"tag-finland","16":"tag-france","17":"tag-germany","18":"tag-greenland","19":"tag-india","20":"tag-infrastructure","21":"tag-investment","22":"tag-mercosur","23":"tag-military","24":"tag-military-exercises","25":"tag-norway","26":"tag-oil","27":"tag-security","28":"tag-supply-chains","29":"tag-sweden","30":"tag-tariffs","31":"tag-the-netherlands","32":"tag-trade","33":"tag-united-states","34":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","35":"tag-wine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115932734647580323","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}