U.S. Commerce Consultant Jamieson Greer discusses tariffs, commerce and President Donald Trump’s plan to amass Greenland on ‘Mornings with Maria.’
The European Parliament mentioned it’s halting work on proposed U.S.-EU commerce measures on Wednesday after accusing Washington of undermining the sovereignty of Denmark and Greenland by way of tariff threats.
“Given the continued and escalating threats, together with tariff threats, in opposition to Greenland and Denmark, and their European allies, we have now been left with no various however to droop work on the 2 Turnberry legislative proposals till the US decides to re-engage on a path of cooperation moderately than confrontation, and earlier than any additional steps are taken,” Bernd Lange, chair of Parliament’s Worldwide Commerce Committee, mentioned in a press release.
The commerce deal would have suspended tariffs on all industrial items from the U.S. and established a tariff system for almost all of U.S. agriculture and meals merchandise which are delivered to the EU.
Talking from Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, President Donald Trump mentioned that he doesn’t wish to use pressure as he pressures NATO allies on Greenland, and declared that the U.S. is the one nation that’s within the place to manage and safe Greenland.
DAVOS BRACES FOR TRUMP AMID TENSIONS OVER NATO, GREENLAND AND GLOBAL DEFENSE
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the 56th annual World Financial Discussion board (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. (Reuters/Romina Amato / Reuters Pictures)
“All the US is asking for is a spot referred to as Greenland,” Trump mentioned Wednesday from his speech on the World Financial Discussion board. “The place we have already had it as a trustee, however respectfully returned it again to Denmark not way back after we defeated the Germans, the Japanese, the Italians and others in World Struggle II, we gave it again to them.”
Greenland — the world’s largest island — sits within the Arctic and governs its personal home affairs whereas remaining throughout the Kingdom of Denmark.
Container ship within the harbor in Nuuk, Greenland. (Julia Wäschenbach/image alliance/Getty Pictures, File / Getty Pictures)
Greater than half a dozen European nations warned in a joint assertion on Sunday that tariff threats over Greenland undermine transatlantic relations because the White Home seeks to strain allies right into a deal to amass the Arctic island.
Trump threatened on his Reality Social platform to impose a ten% tariff on the eight European nations except a deal is reached for what he referred to as the “full and complete buy of Greenland.”
In Davos, Trump argued that U.S. management of Greenland would strengthen safety for each the US and Europe, framing the territory as a strategic necessity moderately than a real-estate acquisition.
President Donald Trump speaks in the course of the 56th annual World Financial Discussion board assembly in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Reuters/Denis Balibouse / Reuters Pictures)
“The European Union wants us to have it, and so they know that,” he mentioned.
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