US EditionTariffs on Nato allies are wrong, Starmer tells Trump in Greenland crisis call
Starmer condemned Trump's tariff threats on NATO allies as wrong and emphasized that Greenland's future should be decided by its people, amid rising tensions and emergency EU talks.
- Keir Starmer held a direct call with the US president and called the tariff threats `wrong` in criticism of Donald Trump's approach.
- Trump's bid to buy Greenland prompted threats to tax allied trade, with the US president saying the UK faces a 10% tariff from February 1, rising to 25% from June 1, and the same applies to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland.
- Downing Street said the UK Prime Minister spoke with Mette Frederiksen, Ursula von der Leyen, and Mark Rutte, reiterating the UK's position on Greenland and stressing High North security.
- In a joint statement today, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom pledged solidarity with Denmark and Greenland, while UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy called the tariff talks `deeply unhelpful and counterproductive`.
- NATO countries warned the threats risk a `dangerous downward sprial` in relations, while French President Emmanuel Macron said he would not bow to `intimidation` and Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, declared `we will not let ourselves be blackmailed`.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to US President Donald Trump on Sunday after he discussed with the Danish leaders, the EU and NATO. He told Trump that, in his opinion, "the application of VAT to allies for the promotion of collective security of NATO allies is wrong," reports Reuters.
UK PM Starmer tells Trump tariffs on allies over Greenland are ‘wrong’
Jan 18 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday after talking to the leaders of Denmark, the EU and NATO, to say he believed “applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of NATO allies is wrong”. A Downing Street spokesperson said Starmer held phone calls with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secre…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today that the announced imposition of tariffs on allies due to the pursuit of NATO's collective security was wrong.
Starmer tells Trump in call that his tariffs move is 'wrong'
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer told United States President Donald Trump in a phone call that imposing new tariffs on European nations over disagreements regarding Greenland would be a "wrong" move, Sky News reported on Sunday, citing a Downing Street spokeswoman.
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