66 m. ago Europe warns tariff threat ‘risks dangerous downwards spiral’ in Greenland row

The US president now faces potential counter-tariffs of over £80bn if he chooses to proceed

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1 hour ago Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump on the phone about his 'gangster' threats of a trade war over Greenland and told him it's 'wrong' after Europe warned of a 'dangerous downward spiral' in Nato

Sir Keir Starmer told US President Donald Trump that 'applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of Nato allies is wrong' in a telephone call this afternoon, No10 has said.

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1 hour ago Starmer must choose between ‘special relationship’ and Europe after Trump’s Greenland tariffs

Editorial: The US president’s confrontation with Europe has stripped away Britain’s diplomatic pretences. After courting Washington, the prime minister is now becoming isolated, exposed and short of options

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1 hour ago Mike Pence joins growing number of Republicans opposing Trump over Greenland

Former VP and other GOP officials warn against president’s threats that risk ‘fracturing’ NATO alliances

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2 h. ago Stellan Skarsgård rips Trump’s ‘absurd’ Greenland threats: ‘It’s a little man who got megalomania’

Trump threatened to impose tariffs on European countries that oppose his plans to annex Greenland

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2 h. ago It's 'wrong' to apply tariffs to Nato allies, Starmer tells Trump in Greenland crisis call

US president said he would charge the UK a 10% tariff 'on any and all goods' sent to the US from February 1

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3 h. ago EU considers retaliatory measures over Trump Greenland tariff ‘blackmail’

Emmanuel Macron calls on fellow leaders to use powerful anti-coercion instrument if US goes ahead with tariffsThe 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 undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral,” the leaders of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland said in a joint statement. “We are committed to upholding our sovereignty.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Starmer tells Trump it is ‘wrong’ to apply tariffs to allies over Greenland

Sir Keir also spoke to Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Nato chief Mark Rutte.

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer tells Donald Trump he's 'wrong' over Greenland tariffs as he calls US President

Keir Starmer spoke to Donald Trump on the phone after NATO countries including the UK accused the US President of risking a "dangerous downward sprial" in relations

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3 h. ago Trump is reportedly taking aim at Canada and raising alarms about its ‘vulnerability’

Trump’s expansion of US influence now targets northern neighbor he previously labeled America’s ‘51st state’

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3 h. ago Trump is reportedly turning his attention to Canada and focusing on its ‘vulnerability’

Trump’s expansion of US influence now targets northern neighbor he previously labeled America’s ‘51st state’

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3 h. ago EU readies €93bn tariffs in retaliation for Trump’s Greenland threat

Europe could also threaten to restrict US companies’ market access in run-up to crunch talks at Davos

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3 h. ago EU diplomats holding crisis talks over Trump Greenland tariff ‘blackmail’

Emmanuel Macron to urge EU to use its powerful anti-coercion instrument if US goes ahead with tariffsSenior European diplomats were holding crisis talks after Donald Trump said he was targeting eight European nations with tariffs over their opposition to his attempt to annex Greenland.Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said Trump’s tariffs would be a mistake, and the Dutch foreign minister, David van Weel, described the US president’s threats to allies as “blackmail”, as reaction from European leaders continued to pile up. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump’s tariff shock suggests EU’s strategy of flattery and appeasement has failed

Next few weeks will show if Trump has finally pushed too far with Greenland levies, as calls grow for bloc to take tougher actionEurope live – latest updatesAs the sun set over the port of Limassol in Cyprus, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, last Thursday used a tried and tested formula to describe the United States – calling it one of “our allies, our partners”. Only 24 hours earlier, Denmark, an EU and Nato member state, had warned that Donald Trump was intent on “conquering” Greenland, but the reflex at the top of the EU executive to describe the US as a friend runs deep.Trump’s weekend announcement that eight countries that have supported Greenland would face tariffs unless there was a deal to sell the territory to the US was another hammer to the transatlantic alliance, mocking the notion that the US is Europe’s ally. The eight countries include six EU member states, as well as Norway and the UK, the latter unprotected by the much vaunted “special rela...

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4 h. ago After years of criticising Davos, Nigel Farage heads to Davos

Reform UK leader has decried ‘globalist’ event but this year hopes to meet Donald Trump for Greenland talksFor years he has derided the annual gathering at Davos as a smug and conspiratorial meeting of enemies of the nation state. But this week, Nigel Farage will himself be rubbing shoulders with the “globalists” he has so reviled.Farage’s itinerary at the Swiss ski resort remains unclear, although his Reform UK deputy, Richard Tice, said on Sunday he hoped Farage would get a chance to speak to Donald Trump, who is also attending the event run by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Continue reading...

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4 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and Greenland: get real! Bullying is not strength | Editorial

Tariff threats over the Arctic island expose the limits of coercive diplomacy. Europe’s united response and pushback shows fear is fadingFor all Donald Trump’s bluster about restoring American strength, his attempt to bully European allies over Greenland reveals a deeper weakness: coercive diplomacy only works if people are afraid to resist. Increasingly, they aren’t. And that is a good thing. Bullies often back down when confronted – their power relies on fear. Mr Trump’s threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Europeans unless they acquiesce to his demand to “purchase” Greenland has stripped his trade policy bare. This is not about economic security, unfair trade or protecting American workers. It is about using tariffs as a weapon to force nations to submit.The response from Europe has been united and swift. That in itself should send a message. France’s Emmanuel Macron says plainly “no amount of intimidation” will alter Europe’s position. Denmark has anchored the issue firmly insid...

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4 h. ago The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial

Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up It is true that science is self-correcting. Over the long term this means that we can generally trust its results – but up close, correction can be a messy process. The Guardian reported last week that 20 recent studies measuring the amount of micro- and nanoplastics in the human body have been criticised in the scientific literature for methodological issues, calling their results into question. In one sense this is the usual process playing out as it should. However, the scale of the potential error – one scientist estimates that half the high-impact papers in the field are affected – suggests a systemic problem that should have been prevented.The risk is that in a febrile political atmosphere in which trust in science is being actively eroded on issues from climate change to vaccinations, even minor scientific conflicts can be used to sow further doubt. Given that there...

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4 h. ago 'War councils' already formed in Europe as leaders are 'talking about how to win WW3'

As President Trump unsettles NATO with his push to annex Greenland and global tensions rise over Putin’s war in Ukraine, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán claims European leaders are holding “war councils”

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4 h. ago Greenland is only the beginning: MARK HALPERIN reveals the full scope of Trump's global 'disruption' plan... and its secret architects

President Trump's renewed tariff threat against Europe puts into sharp relief two questions that matter more than any single trade dispute.

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5 h. ago If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: Britain needs an escape plan from the Trump world order | Gaby Hinsliff

The US president’s trade war for Greenland tells us that the time for fence-sitting or wishful thinking is overOne way or the other, President Trump said, he will have Greenland. Well, at least now we know it’s the other; not an invasion that would have sent young men home to their mothers across Europe in coffins, but instead another trade war, designed to kill off jobs and break Europe’s will. Just our hopes of an economic recovery, then, getting taken out and shot on a whim by our supposedly closest ally, months after Britain signed a trade deal supposed to protect us from such arbitrary punishment beatings. In a sane universe, that would not feel like a climbdown by the White House, yet by comparison with the rhetoric that had Denmark scrambling troops to Greenland last week it is.That said, don’t underestimate the gravity of the moment.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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