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Lauren Aratani in New York and Andrew Roth

Trump walks back Greenland tariffs threat, citing vague ‘deal’ over territory

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Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

Donald Trump has walked back his threat to impose sweeping US tariffs on eight European countries, claiming he had agreed “the framework of a future deal” on Greenland.

Four days after vowing to introduce steep import duties on a string of US allies over their support for Greenland’s continued status as an autonomous Danish territory, the president backed down.

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