US EditionApps to boycott US goods gained traction in crisis over Greenland
Danish apps using AI to identify US products saw a surge to 40,000 daily scans in January as consumers reacted to US-Greenland diplomatic tensions.
- Usage spiked for Danish boycott apps, peaking at almost 40,000 scans and rapid downloads Jan. 21, with Ian Rosenfeldt and Jonas Pipper reporting large surges.
- Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, saw increased U.S.-Danish talks in late January after Trump threatened tariffs and reached a deal with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, prompting public backlash.
- Using artificial intelligence, the apps analyze product images to identify ownership and origin, letting users set preferences like `No USA-owned brands` or `Only EU-based brands`.
- Creators say the goal is to send a message rather than wreck economies, as Christina Gravert notes U.S. grocery products make up only around 1 to 3% of Danish shelves, limiting impact.
- In Copenhagen shoppers were split over the boycott effort, with Made O'Meter used by over 20,000 people in Denmark and in countries like Germany, Spain, Italy, and Venezuela, with about 5,000 scans a day this week.
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Video. Danish product-scanning apps gain traction amid renewed calls to boycott US goods
Video. Mobile apps, designed to help shoppers identify and boycott American goods, have seen a surge in use in Denmark. It comes after US President Donald Trump’s repeated desires to acquire Greenland. Watch the video above for more.
Danish apps help grocery shoppers boycott US goods
A Danish app born out of Donald Trump’s Greenland rhetoric is turning everyday grocery shopping into a quiet act of protest. As shoppers scan products to see where their money really goes, technology, politics and consumer choice collide, revealing how global tensions can play out not in parliaments or protests, but in supermarket aisles.
Trump's Greenland crisis triggered a surge in apps designed to help shoppers boycott U.S. goods though few American imports are on store shelves
Christina Gravert, an associate professor of economics at the University of Copenhagen, said there are actually few U.S. products on Danish grocery store shelves, “around 1 to 3%”.
For a long time, “low voltage” was seen as the path to peace and security in Greenland. Then came Donald Trump. Now the Greenlandic government has been forced to change course for its security policy strategy.
Trump’s Greenland crisis triggered a surge in apps designed to help shoppers boycott U.S. goods, though few American imports are on store shelves
The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott American goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after the recent flare-up in tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland. The creator of the “Made O’Meter” app, Ian ...
On Friday, Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt met in Nuuk about the situation with the US. Listen to Løkke's new statement in the video.
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