The EU was weighing up retaliatory tariffs on American goods and even deploying its most serious economic sanctions against the US as European leaders lined up to criticise Donald Trump’s threat to levy new taxes on imports from eight nations who oppose his attempt to annex Greenland – which one minister called “blackmail”. “Tariff threats […]
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‘Blackmail over Greenland’ and ‘Jenrick’s bizarre plot’
BBC The Observer headline declares “Blackmail over Greenland” after US President Donald Trump announced “rising tariffs on the UK and European allies until he gets control of the Danish territory”. A striking image of red-and-white Greenland flags waved by protesters in front of snow-capped hills dominates the front page. “Greenland is not for sale!” read […]