据报道，欧洲各国正在考虑采取“核选项”，对美国征收价值1080亿美元的关税，以回应美国总统唐纳德·特朗普威胁称，如果未能达成格陵兰岛出售协议，美国将对八个国家征收高额关税。但美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特周二在达沃斯表示，此举“不明智”。
据CNBC周二报道，法国在周日下午于布鲁塞尔召开的紧急会议上，敦促欧盟动用“反胁迫工具”，该工具被形容为贸易“重磅炸弹”，以遏制特朗普。
欧盟的这项“工具”旨在阻止其所谓的经济胁迫，即推动可能影响投资和贸易的政策变革。
报复措施可能包括“与贸易相关的知识产权”以及公共采购，而不仅仅是金融和贸易市场方面的措施，这些措施被统称为“核选项”。
但贝森特在达沃斯参加世界经济论坛时表示，欧盟对特朗普的关税威胁进行报复是“非常不明智的”，并称“每个人都应该相信总统的话”。
据《卫报》周二报道，贝森特表示，在特朗普发出关税威胁后，各国和企业应该“静观其变”。
他以去年美中之间的关税战为例，当时特朗普宣布的“解放日”关税令全球股市震荡，之后多家公司达成了贸易协议。
市场在2025年底恢复到历史高位，部分原因是人工智能的蓬勃发展。
贝森特说：“各国最糟糕的做法就是升级对美国的对抗。”
Teneo研究部副主任卡斯滕·尼克尔告诉CNBC，并非所有欧盟国家都同意使用“反胁迫工具”，包括德国，因为德国的经济更加依赖出口。
受特朗普关税政策影响最大的行业包括汽车行业（例如德国的宝马和米兰的斯特兰蒂斯），以及瑞士的制药巨头诺和诺德和罗氏。
据《金融时报》报道，周一，德国和法国呼吁欧盟对特朗普的威胁做出“明确”回应。
德国财政部长拉尔斯·克林贝伊表示：“我们不会被勒索。”
三位了解相关准备工作的欧盟官员透露，欧盟委员会官员已制定了反制方案，但暂未启动“反胁迫工具”，希望本周在达沃斯与特朗普的会谈中能够达成外交解决方案。
欧盟委员会副主席汉娜·维尔库宁告诉《金融时报》：“我们现在的首要任务是真正与美国同行进行接触、合作和良好的对话。”
维尔库宁表示：“与此同时，我们也掌握了一些应对措施，并为此做好了准备。”
维尔库宁表示，“反胁迫工具”还将允许欧盟限制美国科技公司进入欧盟内部市场，他强调欧盟是某些科技集团最大的市场。
欧洲领导人还希望说服特朗普，他们将在抵御俄罗斯和中国的威胁方面发挥更大作用，其中包括丹麦和格陵兰提议在格陵兰岛设立北约特派团，类似于其在波罗的海保护关键基础设施的行动。
与此同时，英国首相基尔·斯塔默表示，他将动用“政府在国内外的全部力量”捍卫国际法，并称特朗普的关税威胁“完全错误”。
与此同时，市场对特朗普的关税威胁做出了反应，与道琼斯工业平均指数挂钩的期货预计周二开盘下跌378点。
周一，欧洲股市普遍下跌，而避险资产黄金和白银在打破历史纪录数日后创下新高。
就在丹麦周一向格陵兰岛增派军队之际，双方的威胁不断升级。与此同时，特朗普拒绝排除动用武力控制该岛的可能性。
丹麦当局表示，大量士兵和军队首脑已前往格陵兰岛首府努克和坎格尔路斯瓦格。
European nations are reportedly considering a “nuclear option” to impose $108 billion worth of tariffs against the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s threat to enact stiff tariffs against eight nations if a deal is not reached to sell Greenland to the United States, but that move would be “unwise,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in Davos on Tuesday.
France, during an emergency meeting in Brussels Sunday afternoon, pushed for the European Union to use the “Anti-Coercion Instrument,” described as a trade “bazooka” to deter Trump, reports CNBC Tuesday.
The EU’s “instrument” has been designed to deter what it calls economic coercion that would push for policy changes that could affect investment and trade.
The retaliation could include “trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights” as well as public procurement, not only measures in financial and trade markets, in a range of options that have been called a nuclear option.
But Bessent, in Davos for the World Economic Forum, said that it would be “very unwise” for the EU to retaliate against Trump’s tariff threats and that “everybody should take the president at his word.”
Instead, countries and companies “let things play out” in the wake of Trump’s tariff threats, according to Bessent, reports The Guardian on Tuesday.
He cited last year’s tariff war between the United States and China, when Trump’s “liberation day” tariff announcement rocked global stock markets before several companies agreed to trade deals.
Markets recovered to record highs in late 2025, partially because of the boom in artificial intelligence.
“The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States,” Bessent said.
Not all of the EU nations agree with using the ACI, including Germany, whose economy depends more on exports, Carsten Nickel, the deputy director of Research at Teneo, told CNBC.
The sectors facing the most exposure to Trump’s tariffs include the auto industry, including BMW in Germany and Stellantis in Milan, as well as the pharmaceutical giants Novo Nordisk and Roche in Switzerland.
On Monday, Germany and France called for a “clear” response from the EU to Trump’s threats, reports The Financial Times.
“We will not be blackmailed,” German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said.
Three EU officials briefed on the preparations said that European Commission officials have drawn up options for retaliation, but are holding back on the ACI in hopes that a diplomatic solution will be reached during talks with Trump this week in Davos.
“Our number one priority now is to really engage and cooperate and have a good dialogue with U.S. counterparts,” Henna Virkkunen, vice president of the commission, told the FT.
“At the same time, we have also tools at our disposal here. We have prepared also for that,” Virkkunen said.
The ACI would also allow the EU to limit American technology companies’ access to the EU’s internal market, said Virkkunen, stressing that the EU is some tech groups’ biggest market.
European leaders are also hoping to persuade Trump that they will play a larger role in defending the Arctic against threats from Russia and China, including with Denmark and Greenland proposing a NATO mission on the island that would be similar to its operations protecting critical Baltic Sea infrastructure.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, meanwhile, said he will use the “full strength of government at home and abroad” to defend international law, calling Trump’s tariff threats “completely wrong.”
The markets, meanwhile, have responded to Trump’s tariff threats, with futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average expected to open on Tuesday down 378 points.
On Monday, European stocks broadly fell while safe-haven assets gold and silver went to new highs days after breaking prior records.
The back-and-forth threats come as Denmark on Monday sent additional troops to Greenland, with Trump declining to rule out using military force to take control of the island.
Danish authorities said that a “substantial contribution” of soldiers and the head of its army have gone out to Greenland’s capital in Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq.
