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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O’Carroll, Jasper Jolly and Rob Davies

European industry hits out at Trump’s ‘ludicrous’ demands over Greenland

A Volkswagen plant in Dresden, Germany
A Volkswagen plant in Dresden. German carmakers said the costs of the additional US tariffs would be enormous. Photograph: Jens Schlueter/AFP/Getty Images

European industry has hit back at Donald Trump’s “ludicrous demands” to hand over Greenland or face a trade war.

A fresh round of tariffs on European exports would cost Germany and Europe dearly, the president of the German auto industry association has said, as she called for a “smart” response coordinated by Brussels.

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