{"id":569,"date":"2026-01-17T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:25:08","slug":"us-to-impose-tariffs-on-8-european-nations-over-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/us-to-impose-tariffs-on-8-european-nations-over-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"US to impose tariffs on 8 European nations over Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Finland to face 10% duties from Feb. 1, 25% from June, says Trump, citing Greenland-linked &#8216;national security&#8217; concerns <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Ahmet Salih Alacaci<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON (AA) &#8211; US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington will impose new tariffs on goods from eight European countries starting on February 1, with rates rising sharply in June, citing &#8220;national security&#8221; concerns linked to Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on his social media company Truth Social, Trump said imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, and Finland would face a 10% tariff starting next month, increasing to 25% on June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump&#8217;s post came hours after thousands of Danes and Greenlanders gathered on Saturday across numerous cities to protest against the recent US threats to take over Greenland.<br><br>Demonstrations in support of Greenland were announced in the Danish cities of Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg, as well as in the Greenlandic cities of Nuuk, Aasiaat, Qaqortoq and Ilulissat, according to Danish broadcaster TV2.and for control of Greenland in Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"GREENLANDERS GATHER IN PROTEST AGAINST US THREATS\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pue0d-kuk1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In his post, Trump said the measures would remain in place until a deal is reached for the \u201ccomplete and total purchase of Greenland.\u201d Trump has long asserted the US&#8217; intention to take over Greenland from Denmark, arguing that Washington requires the autonomous arctic territory in the interest of &#8220;national security.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;World Peace is at stake! China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump underlined that while the US is open to negotiations with Denmark and the other countries, &#8220;strong measures&#8221; were necessary to protect &#8220;global peace and security.&#8221; &#8211; Anadulo Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Finland to face 10% duties from Feb. 1, 25% from June, says Trump, citing Greenland-linked &#8216;national security&#8217; concerns<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[82,55,23,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-denmark","9":"tag-greenland","10":"tag-trump","11":"tag-united-states"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":571,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}