What international law issues are EU leaders addressing in response to Trump?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. European Union leaders are pledging to defend international law in their territory. That's in response to President Trump's new threats against Denmark, Greenland and other EU nations.
Terry Schultz reports Trump is threatening to impose a 10 percent tariff on goods from countries that oppose his effort to take control of the self-governing island.
EU Council President Antonio Costa was asked to respond to Trump's attempt to impose tariffs on Denmark and those countries which have come to its aid. Costa didn't mention Trump or the U.S., but said he wanted to send a very clear message to the whole world.
The European Union will always be very firm in defending international law wherever it may be, he said, and of course, starting within the territory of the EU member states. He says he's coordinating a joint response. The EU is responsible for the trade relationships of all its member states, and measures cannot be imposed on countries individually. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz.
Tensions are boiling over in Minneapolis, where protests against federal immigration agents have escalated. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has mobilized the National Guard to support local law enforcement, though troops are not yet on the streets. NPR's Kat Lansdorff reports.
Members of Minnesota's National Guard have been mobilized to support the state patrol, according to Guard Spokesperson Army Major Andres Suchia, who clarified that troops are not deployed to city streets at this time. She said that troops are, quote, staged and ready to respond across the city.
In a post on X, the Minnesota Guard said that if troops are deployed, they will be wearing bright yellow reflective vests over their uniforms to, quote, help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms.
That's NPR's Kat Lansdorff reporting from Minneapolis. Unrest in the city intensified after 37-year-old Rene Good was fatally shot on January 7th by an ICE agent who said he was acting in self-defense. The U.S. is planning to close a camp in Qatar that shelters hundreds of Afghan refugees. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports many of the refugees say they helped U.S.
forces during the war in Afghanistan, while others are relatives of U.S. citizens.
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