EU calls emergency envoys meeting for Sunday after Trump vows tariffs linked to Greenland

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump points as he attends a meeting with oil industry executives, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 9, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

BRUSSELS, ‌Jan 17 (Reuters) - Ambassadors ‌from the European ‌Union's 27 countries will convene on Sunday for ‍an emergency ‍meeting after ‌U.S. President Donald Trump ‍vowed ​a wave of ⁠increasing tariffs on European allies ‌until the United States ⁠is ‍allowed to buy Greenland.

Cyprus, which ‍holds the six-month ‌rotating EU presidency, said late on Saturday that it had called the meeting for Sunday. EU ‌diplomats said it was set to ​start at 5 p.m. (1600 GMT).

(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop)