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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent, international trade

Trump’s Greenland tariff threat appears to have fired up EU leaders

Demonstrators waving flags
A ‘hands off Greenland’ protest in front of the US embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s threat to impose fresh tariffs on eight European countries – UK, Norway and six EU member states – is a wrecking ball to the carefully stitched deals he concluded with those countries last summer.

The countries picked off by Trump are those that supported or have sent troops to Greenland as part of a coordinated effort to strengthen security in the Arctic.

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