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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump backs down on Europe tariffs threat over Greenland after reaching ‘framework of a future deal’

Donald Trump has reversed course and abandoned plans to impose tariffs on a group of U.S. allies that had objected to his push to acquire Greenland after what the U.S. president described as a “very productive” meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump said American and NATO representatives had “formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region” based on discussions held in the closed-door meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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