If Trump doubles down and imposes tariffs on 1 Feb in response to troops stationed in Greenland, the EU should invoke the ACI. The instrument does not mandate escalation but it anchors future responses in a framework that allows for flexibility as the conflict evolves
If Trump doubles down and imposes tariffs on 1 Feb in response to troops stationed in Greenland, the EU should invoke the ACI. The instrument does not mandate escalation but it anchors future responses in a framework that allows for flexibility as the conflict evolves
The ACI is not a silver bullet. Compared to foreign policy via TruthSocial, it is slow and procedural. But once in place, it widens the EU’s credible response space beyond tariffs, while raising strategic uncertainty for the third country from the moment it is launched
The ACI is not a silver bullet. Compared to foreign policy via TruthSocial, it is slow and procedural. But once in place, it widens the EU’s credible response space beyond tariffs, while raising strategic uncertainty for the third country from the moment it is launched