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Will the EU go 'all in' against Trump's Greenland threats?

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Nicole Frölich
January 19, 2026

The EU is considering retaliatory tariffs against the US after Trump threatened new tarrifs on countries pushing back against a US acquisition of Greenland. DW spoke to economist Carsten Brzeski about the risk of a trade war.

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