US EditionTrump to Impose 10% Tariffs on Eight European Countries for Opposing U.S. Control of Greenland
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump said he will charge a 10% tariff starting in February on goods from eight European nations opposing U.S. control of Greenland, rising to 25% on June 1 without a purchase deal.
- Citing security concerns, Trump argued the U.S. needs Greenland for national security, citing Chinese and Russian designs on Greenland and its critical minerals and insisting earlier this week that anything less than U.S. control is unacceptable.
- A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation in Copenhagen sought to reassure Denmark and Greenland, while U.S. Sen. Chris Coons urged de‑escalation, as protests occurred across Greenland and Denmark.
- Denmark organized a planning meeting Friday in Greenland to increase its military presence with NATO allies, while Danish Maj. Gen. Søren Andersen said Denmark doesn’t expect a U.S. attack as European troops train in Nuuk.
- Meetings in Washington between the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland and U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio set up a working group, but Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., warned the rhetoric risks harming alliance trust.
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It sets an additional 10% for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and...
PALM BEACH. – US President Donald Trump raised the tone on Saturday in his quest to acquire Greenland and announced that he will apply 10% tariffs from February on imports from eight European countries that mobilized against his ambitions towards the strategic island dependent on Denmark.Trump indicated on social networks that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would face the tariff, which w…
JUST IN: Trump Announces Tariffs on 8 NATO Countries Until Deal is Reached for "Complete and Total purchase of Greenland" - Tariffs to Increase on June 1
President Trump on Saturday issued an ultimatum to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland, declaring that 10% tariffs will take effect on February 1 if they continue plotting against Trump’s efforts to acquire Greenland from Denmark. “China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it. They currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently. Only …
US President Trump imposes, as threatened, punitive tariffs on countries that do not want to support his plans to take over Greenland. Trump announced that, in addition to Germany, it also affects Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Finland and the UK.
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