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Macron wants EU to use 'anti-coercion instrument' against Trump tariffs

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18-01-2026 | 07:24

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Macron wants EU to use 'anti-coercion instrument' against Trump tariffs

France's President Emmanuel Macron will ask the European Union to activate its powerful "anti-coercion instrument" if the United States imposes tariffs in the standoff over Greenland, his team said Sunday.

The bloc's weapon -- never used before and dubbed its trade "bazooka" -- allows for curbing imports of goods and services, and has been invoked as a way to push back over tech and trade, and now the Danish territory U.S. President Donald Trump wants to acquire.

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