German engineering association calls for 'anti-coercion' response to Greenland tariffs

BERLIN, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Germany's engineering association has called on the European Commission to consider using its 'Anti-Coercion Instrument' against U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose additional tariffs on European countries in the Greenland dispute.

The instrument allows the bloc to retaliate against third countries that put economic pressure on EU members to change their policies.

"If the EU gives in here, it will only encourage the U.S. president to make the next ludicrous demand and threaten further tariffs," VDMA President Bertram Kawlath said in a statement on Sunday.