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Starmer delivers press conference as Trump threatens tariffs amid plan to acquire Greenland

Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs of up to 25% on the UK and seven other European allies unless the US is allowed to purchase Greenland from Denmark. Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, will address the issue, asserting that applying tariffs for opposing the Greenland purchase is "wrong"…

In today’s newsletter: The largely autonomous Danish territory, sparsely populated but strategically vast, sits between North America, Europe and Russia – and as the Arctic ice melts, its importance is growing fast

The prime minister will face questions on the government’s approach to dealing with the increasingly volatile US administration in the wake of Donald Trump’s fresh tariff threats

The Prime Minister will set out the UK’s approach to working with allies.

Trump is too focused on bullying Denmark and threatening war across the hemisphere, polls find

Thousands of people turned out across Denmark and Greenland to protest Trump’s efforts to seize the island

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

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

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

In an extraordinary escalation of his bid to claim Greenland, US President Donald Trump has threatened eight European countries – Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Great Britain, France and Germany and the Netherlands – with a 10% tariff on all goods coming into the United States from February 1 until he…