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Trump’s Greenland threat pushes Brussels toward its economic ‘Article 5'

With Washington openly tying tariffs to geopolitical demands over Greenland, EU capitals are considering a never-used mechanism that would allow them to hit back — not as individual states, but as a single market of 450 million consumers.

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Published: 1/19/2026
Updated: 1/20/2026
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Euronews.com reports on Trump’s Greenland threat pushes Brussels toward its economic ‘Article 5'

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Washington’s increasingly hostile talk on Greenland has prompted some EU capitals to consider reaching for its relatively new, never-used economic kill-switch power.

The yet-untested Anti-Coercion Instrument is a law that entered into force in late D...

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Mike Chen2 hours ago

Finally some real action on climate change. This legislation is long overdue and I hope it passes quickly despite the opposition from oil-dependent provinces.

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Jennifer Walsh3 hours ago

As someone who works in Alberta's energy sector, I'm concerned about the economic impact. The transition fund sounds good in theory but will it actually help workers like me?