Trump’s Greenland gambit: Bluster, tariffs, and a quiet retreat


Last weekend, Trump threatened a 10 per cent tariff on products from Denmark, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Finland, and the Netherlands, taking effect on Feb. 1. If the allies didn’t comply with his demand to purchase Greenland by June 1, he said the duties would rise to 25 per cent.



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