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CloseTrump drops Europe tariffs threat over Greenland after Nato talks at DavosA Danish MP has said that the deal U.S president Donald Trump claims to have struck over Greenland is “definitely not a deal” and that his so-called negotiations with Nato were “not real”.
Trump yesterday backed down from his threat to impose tariffs on European nations after reaching the “framework of a future deal” over Greenland, hours after giving a fiery speech in Davos.
He abandoned plans to impose tariffs on allies who had objected to his efforts to acquire the Danish-controlled territory after what he described as a “very productive” meeting with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte.
Sascha Faxe told Sky News that “there can’t be a deal without having Greenland as part of the negotiations, first of all”.
“So we have a Greenlandic MP in Denmark – and she’s very clear that this is not a prerogative of Rutte and Nato; they can’t trade the underground in Greenland, or Greenlandic security without Greenlande..
US hails 'tremendous progress' at Ukraine peace talks56 minutes agoShareSaveJaroslav LukivShareSaveHANDOUT/EPA/ShutterstockA “tremendous amount of progress” has been achieved in talks to finalise a US-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.
But “there's still some work to be done”, Rubio said after meeting Ukrainian and European negotiators in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were “signals that President [Donald] Trump's team is hearing us”.
Ukraine and its European allies had expressed concern over the leaked proposals, seen as favouring Russia and welcomed by Vladimir Putin as “the basis” for settlement. Zelensky had said Ukraine “might face a very difficult choice: either losing dignity, or risk losing a key partner”.
Watch: Trump says Ukraine proposal is not his final offerSpeaking to reporters late on Sunday, Rubio said the negotiating teams in Geneva had had a “very good..
EU and US agree trade deal, with 15% tariffs for European exports to America17 minutes agoShareSaveSarah SmithBBC North America Editor, at Turnberry, ScotlandShareSaveI think it's the biggest deal ever made – TrumpThe United States and European Union have reached a trade deal, ending a months-long standoff between two of the world's biggest economic partners.
After make-or-break negotiations between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in Scotland, the pair settled on a US tariff on all EU goods of 15%.
That is half the 30% import tax rate Trump had threatened to implement starting on Friday. He said the 27-member bloc would open its markets to US exporters with zero per cent tariffs on certain products.
Von der Leyen also hailed the deal, saying it would bring stability for both allies, who together account for almost a third of global trade.
Trump has wielded tariffs against major US trade partners in a bid to reorder the global eco..