European leaders warn of ‘downward spiral’ after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland – as it happened

Closing summary

Thank you for following today’s live blog on the escalating crisis over Greenland.

Here’s a summary of everything that happened:

• Donald Trump said he will impose 10% tariffs on eight countries – the UK, Norway, and six EU members – over their opposition to his plans to take over Greenland.

• The tariffs will be imposed on all goods exported to the United States by the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland from 1 February, followed by a 25% rate from 1 June.

• Keir Starmer condemned the tariffs as “completely wrong”, insisting that Greenland is part of Denmark and “its future is a matter for the Greenlanders and the Danes”.

• The tariffs were also criticised by senior EU officials, including European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas.

• Trump’s announcement came after he threatened to impose tariffs on countries that do not “go along” with his plan to annex Greenland on Friday. He doubled down on those statements by posting on Truth Social an image of himself accompanied with the caption “Mister Tariff” and “The Tariff King”.

• Earlier today, thousands gathered all around Denmark and in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, as part of a planned “Hands Off Greenland” action protesting Donald Trump and his threats to take over the island. “We are demonstrating against American statements and ambitions to annex Greenland. We demand respect for the Danish Realm and for Greenland’s right to self-determination,” Camilla Siezing, chair of the Joint Association Inuit, said in a statement.

• Meanwhile, a bipartisan congressional delegation continued to meet with Danish and Greenlandic leaders in Copenhagen, where they maintained their support of both Greenland and Denmark in direct contrast with statements coming from the White House.

• With Nato troops in Greenland this week, some Greenland residents are now preparing for the worst, either stocking up on supplies or readying themselves to flee quickly.

Thank you for following today’s live blog on the escalating crisis over Greenland.

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Here’s a summary of everything that happened:

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  Donald Trump said he will impose 10% tariffs on eight countries – the UK, Norway, and six EU members – over their opposition to his plans to take over Greenland.

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  The tariffs will be imposed on all goods exported to the United States by the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland from 1 February, followed by a 25% rate from 1 June.

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  Keir Starmer condemned the tariffs as “completely wrong”, insisting that Greenland is part of Denmark and “its future is a matter for the Greenlanders and the Danes”.

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  The tariffs were also criticised by senior EU officials, including European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas.

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  Trump’s announcement came after he threatened to impose tariffs on countries that do not “go along” with his plan to annex Greenland on Friday. He doubled down on those statements by posting on Truth Social an image of himself accompanied with the caption “Mister Tariff” and “The Tariff King”.

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  Earlier today, thousands gathered all around Denmark and in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, as part of a planned “Hands Off Greenland” action protesting Donald Trump and his threats to take over the island. “We are demonstrating against American statements and ambitions to annex Greenland. We demand respect for the Danish Realm and for Greenland’s right to self-determination,” Camilla Siezing, chair of the Joint Association Inuit, said in a statement.

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  Meanwhile, a bipartisan congressional delegation continued to meet with Danish and Greenlandic leaders in Copenhagen, where they maintained their support of both Greenland and Denmark in direct contrast with statements coming from the White House.

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  With Nato troops in Greenland this week, some Greenland residents are now preparing for the worst, either stocking up on supplies or readying themselves to flee quickly.

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Lisa O’Carroll is a Guardian senior staff correspondent who writes about international trade, post-Brexit EU affairs and Anglo-Irish affairs

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EU leaders have warned Donald Trump that “tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral” in the growing crisis over Greenland.

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In a joint statement delivered from Paraquay, where they signed the historic Mercosur trade deal, the president of the European Council of EU leaders, António Costa, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, leaned heavily into the arguments over Greenland’s sovereignty.

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Here’s their statement in full:

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Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.

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We have consistently underlined our shared transatlantic interest in peace and security in the Arctic, including through Nato. The pre-coordinated Danish exercise, conducted with allies, responds to the need to strengthen Arctic security and poses no threat to anyone.

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The EU stands in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland. Dialogue remains essential, and we are committed to building on the process begun already last week between the Kingdom of Denmark and the US.

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Tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral. Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty.

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Our position on Greenland is very clear – it is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and its future is a matter for the Greenlanders and the Danes.

n We have also made clear that Arctic Security matters for the whole of Nato and allies should all do more together to address the threat from Russia across different parts of the Arctic.

n Applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of Nato allies is completely wrong. We will of course be pursuing this directly with the US administration.

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Posting on X, Davey said the prime minister’s “US policy lies in tatters”, adding: “Trump is now punishing the UK and Nato allies just for doing the right thing.

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“Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.”

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President Trump is completely wrong to announce tariffs on the UK over Greenland. People in both UK and US will face higher costs. These tariffs will be yet another burden for businesses across our country. The sovereignty of Greenland should only be decided by the people of Greenland. On this, I agree with Keir Starmer.

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Donald Trump has said he will impose 10% tariffs on Nato countries – including the UK, France, and Germany – who have deployed troops to Greenland amid US threats to take over the Arctic island.

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In a lengthy Truth Social post, he said “Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland have journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown”, adding: “This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”

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The US president said 10% tariffs will be imposed on all goods the countries export to the United States from 1 February, followed by a 25% rate from 1 June.

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“This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland,” he added.

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Trump reiterated his warning that “China and Russia want Greenland”, saying “there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it”.

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If you’re just joining us, here’s a round-up of the day’s main developments:

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  Thousands gathered all around Denmark and in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, as part of a planned “Hands Off Greenland” action protesting Donald Trump and his threats to take over the island. “We are demonstrating against American statements and ambitions to annex Greenland. We demand respect for the Danish Realm and for Greenland’s right to self-determination,” Camilla Siezing, chair of the Joint Association Inuit, said in a statement.

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  These protests took place after Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose tariffs on countries that do not “go along” with his plan to annex Greenland. He later doubled down on those statements by posting on Truth Social an image of himself accompanied with the caption “Mister Tariff” and “The Tariff King”.

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  Meanwhile, a bipartisan congressional delegation continued to meet with Danish and Greenlandic leaders in Copenhagen, where they maintained their support of both Greenland and Denmark in direct contrast with statements coming from the White House.

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  With Nato allies troops in Greenland this week, some Greenland residents are now preparing for the worst, either stocking up on supplies or readying themselves to flee quickly.

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What do people in Greenland think of Donald Trump and his threats to take over the island? The Guardian’s Miranda Bryant and Lauren Hurrell take a look.

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Demonstrators have begun gathering in front of City Hall in Copenhagen as part of a series of actions planned throughout Denmark and Greenland in protest of Donald Trump and his plans to take control of Greenland.

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The plan in Copenhagen is march to the US embassy in the Danish capital. Other rallies are set to begin later Saturday in Greenland and in other parts of Denmark.

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“We are demonstrating against American statements and ambitions to annex Greenland. We demand respect for the Danish Realm and for Greenland’s right to self-determination. Hopefully we can show that there are many of us who support Greenland ,” Camilla Siezing, the chairwoman of the Inuit Association, said in a statement.

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Donald Trump’s renewed interest in taking control of Greenland has become a subject of pointed dissent among congressional Republicans, with several allies speaking out in recent days against the idea after the president reintensified his interest following the US raid that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.

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Congressional Republicans are typically loath to disagree openly with the president, who has repeatedly called for his party’s dissenters to be voted out of office. But amid polling that shows an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose taking control of the island and warnings from Denmark that an invasion would spell the end of Nato, some congressional Republicans have issued forceful warnings against pursuing the issue.

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“The thought of the United States taking the position that we would take Greenland, an independent territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, is absurd,” North Carolina senator Thom Tillis said in a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday. “Somebody needs to tell the president that the people of Greenland, up until these current times, were actually very, very pro-American and very, very pro American presence.”

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today’s events.

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A series of demonstrations have been scheduled to take place across Denmark and Greenland today against Donald Trump and his plans to control Greenland.

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The aim of Saturday’s protests, which are set to unfold as a US delegation of bipartisan lawmakers meet with Danish and Greenlandic officials in Copenhagen, “is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland’s democracy and fundamental human rights”, Uagut, an organisation of Greenlanders in Denmark, posted on its website.

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Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, said on Friday that a deal for Washington to take over the island “should and will be made” during this visit and that the president “is serious” about acquiring the largely autonomous territory, which is part of the Danish kingdom.

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“In these times, it is important that we show a united front and cooperate broadly. We demand respect for Greenland’s right to self-determination and respect for the people of Greenland. This is not only a fight for Greenland, but also for the rest of the world, ” said Poul Johannesen of the citizens’ initiative, Hands Off Kalaallit Nunaat.

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Trump on Friday threatened to impose tariffs against those who oppose his plans to annex the largely autonomous territory, which is part of the Danish kingdom. Earlier in the week, a number of Nato allies – France, Germany, the UK, Norway and Sweden among some – deployed troops to the Arctic island, with the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, saying that Greenland’s defence is a “common concern” for the whole of Nato.

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Greenland minister Naaja Nathanielsen has praised European countries’ responses to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

“I am amazed to witness the first responses from the targeted countries,” the minister for mineral resources said in a message posted on LinkedIn.

“I am thankful and hopeful for diplomacy and allieship to prevail.”

Zack Polanski, the leader of the UK’s Green party, has accused Keir Starmer of appeasing a “bully” in Donald Trump – a strategy which he says ended in “total humiliation”.

Polanski said: “Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation.”

He added that both Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage “are puppets of a hostile foreign nation”.

It’s obvious that if someone is a bully – you don’t just keep appeasing them. Disastrous strategy by Labour.

The US House of Representatives’ foreign affairs committee has accused Donald Trump of prioritising his “foreign escapades” over the interests of the American people.

In a statement posted on X, the Republican-led committee said: “The American people do not want to buy Greenland. They want affordable healthcare.

“Trump is ignoring Americans’ affordability concerns with his foreign escapades, and making things worse with more tariffs. This will only further raise costs for the American people.”

Finland’s president has joined the long list of European leaders who have condemned Donald Trump’s latest tariffs.

Alexander Stubb echoed remarks made by the Finnish prime minister, Petteri Orpo, saying: “Finland proceeds from the principle that matters between allies are resolved through discussion and shared rules of the game, not by creating pressure.”

He added: “European countries stand united. We emphasize the principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty. We support Denmark and Greenland.

“Dialogue with the United States continues. Tariffs would be detrimental to the transatlantic relationship and could lead to a harmful spiral.”

As the Guardian reported, Republican senator Thom Tillis, who co-chairs the Senate’s Nato Observer Group alongside his Democrat counterpart Jeanne Shaheen, took to social media to condemn Donald Trump’s latest tariffs.

In a separate joint statement, the pair criticised the US president’s plans to take over Greenland.

They said:

There is no need, or desire, for a costly acquisition or hostile military takeover of Greenland when our Danish and Greenlandic allies are eager to work with us on Arctic security, critical minerals and other priorities under the framework of long-standing treaties.

Finland’s prime minister has warned that Donald Trump’s latest tariffs are in “no one’s interest”.

Petteri Orpo acknowledged concerns over Arctic security raised by the US, but said “Finland proceeds from the premise that matters among allies are resolved through discussion and shared rules of the game, not by creating pressure”.

Posting on X, he added: “Finland wants to strengthen Arctic security together with all allies, while respecting the territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland.”

Orpo continued: “Tariffs would be harmful to both Europe and the United States. They are in no one’s interest.”

A Republican senator has pushed back on Donald Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on European countries.

Thom Tillis, who co-chairs the Senate’s Nato Observer Group alongside his Democrat counterpart Jeanne Shaheen, said the plans would benefit “adversaries” of the United States, including China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

He said: “This response to our own allies for sending a small number of troops to Greenland for training is bad for America, bad for American businesses, and bad for America’s allies.

“It’s great for Putin, Xi and other adversaries who want to see Nato divided.”

Tillis added that the announcement “hurts the legacy of President Trump and undercuts all the work he has done to strengthen the Nato alliance over the years”.

Lisa O’Carroll

A third voting bloc in the European Parliament has said they will halt the ratification of the EU-US trade deal next week, signalling the biggest material confrontation between the two sides since Donald Trump came to power.

The centre-right and largest group, the European People’s Party, and the second-biggest bloc of MEPs in the Socialists & Democrats group have already said they will pull the plug on the parliamentary legal process on Wednesday.

Now, the liberal Renew group has said it will join them.

In a statement, Valerie Heyer, the French MEP and head of the group, said:

The threats by President Donald Trump to impose increased customs duties on states refusing to agree with his plan to annex Greenland are unacceptable.

These announcements follow many other aggressive actions towards the EU. Therefore, it is now time to move from reliance to deterrence.

Consequently, Renew Europe cannot vote the EU-US Turnberry trade deal.

Furthermore, the EU should be prepared to deploy targeted and proportionate countermeasures. The activation of the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument should be explicitly considered, as it was designed precisely for situations of economic intimidation of this nature.

Trump’s threats of US tariffs on European allies play into the hands of China and Russia, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.

“China and Russia must be having a field day. They are the ones who benefit from divisions among allies,” Kallas said in a post on X.

“Tariffs risk making Europe and the United States poorer and undermine our shared prosperity. If Greenland’s security is at risk, we can address this inside Nato.”

The prime minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, has said that “threats have no place among allies”.

“Norway’s position is firm: Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Norway fully supports the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark. There is broad agreement in NATO on the need to strengthen security in the Arctic, including in Greenland,” he posted on X.

Demonstrators braved the cold weather across Greenland today to protest against Donald Trump’s threats to take control of the Arctic island, as well as his latest wave of tariffs against European countries.

Lisa O’Carroll

Lisa O’Carroll is a Guardian senior staff correspondent who writes about international trade, post-Brexit EU affairs and Anglo-Irish affairs

The plug is expected to be pulled on Donald Trump’s tariff deal with the EU by the European parliament on Wednesday after the two biggest blocs of MEPs said they would halt the legal ratification process in response the US president’s latest threats.

Manfred Weber, the head of the European People’s Party, the largest voting bloc in the institute, said “approval is not possible” in light of the latest events.

The remarks were backed by the second biggest voting bloc, the Socialists and Democrats (S&Ds).

Kathleen Van Brempt, vice president for trade for the S&Ds, said there could be “no trade deal under given circumstances”.

Together they represent 324 of the 720 seats in the parliament and are expected to be backed by the Greens and other groups.

“The EPP is in favour of the EU–U.S. trade deal, but given Donald Trump’s threats regarding Greenland, approval is not possible at this stage. The 0% tariffs on U.S. products must be put on hold,” Weber said .

The deal entered into force last year in the US with tariffs of 15% being imposed on imports from the EU. But much to the annoyance of Trump, it has yet to be ratified by the European Parliament, which was already seeking amendments.

German MEP Bernd Lange, who chairs the EU’s influential trade parliamentary committee, said: “In view of the threat of imposing an additional 10% tariff from 1 February, I cannot imagine that we will continue business as usual and I assume that we will suspend our continued work.”

He continued: “For me, there is no question that this is another new step with which the US side does not comply with the Scotland deal.

“We have already discussed intensively in a parliament about our obligation under the deal and were skeptical as to whether we can make US products duty-free if there is no reliability at all on the other side of the Atlantic that the deal will be adhered to. We will discuss this question again with the political groups on Wednesday.”

Ambassadors from the EU’s 27 countries will convene for an emergency meeting as the crisis over Greenland escalates.

Cyprus, which holds the six-month rotating EU presidency, has arranged for the meeting to take place on Sunday, according to the Reuters news agency.

Lisa O’Carroll

Lisa O’Carroll is a Guardian senior staff correspondent who writes about international trade, post-Brexit EU affairs and Anglo-Irish affairs

Denmark has attempted to lower the diplomatic temperature in the growing crisis over Greenland.

In a statement, Denmark’s foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen referred to “constructive” talks with US secretary of state Marco Rubio last week. He also acknowledged that more had to be done to increase the security in the Arctic.

“That is why we and Nato partners are stepping up in full transparency with our American allies,” Rasmussen said.

The Netherlands’ foreign affairs minister said the country has “taken note” of Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement.

In a statement posted on social media, David van Weel said: “Military efforts related to exercises in Greenland are intended to contribute to security in the Arctic region.”

He added that the Netherlands is in “close contact” with the European Commission and its partners as it formulates a response.

Transatlantic relations in ‘dangerous downward spiral’, EU leaders warn

Lisa O’Carroll

Lisa O’Carroll is a Guardian senior staff correspondent who writes about international trade, post-Brexit EU affairs and Anglo-Irish affairs

EU leaders have warned Donald Trump that “tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral” in the growing crisis over Greenland.

In a joint statement delivered from Paraquay, where they signed the historic Mercosur trade deal, the president of the European Council of EU leaders, António Costa, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, leaned heavily into the arguments over Greenland’s sovereignty.

Here’s their statement in full:

Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.

We have consistently underlined our shared transatlantic interest in peace and security in the Arctic, including through Nato. The pre-coordinated Danish exercise, conducted with allies, responds to the need to strengthen Arctic security and poses no threat to anyone.

The EU stands in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland. Dialogue remains essential, and we are committed to building on the process begun already last week between the Kingdom of Denmark and the US.

Tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral. Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty.

Watch: Greenland’s PM joins protest over Trump tariffs threat

Liam Byrne, the chair of the business and trade committee in the UK House of Commons, has accused Donald Trump of engaging in “pressure politics” over his latest tariffs threat.

Byrne said on social media that using “tariffs to punish allies for lawful security decisions sets a dangerous precedent”.

He urged the UK to “stand with its allies to force a rethink – calmly, collectively – but with consequences”.