{"id":416733,"date":"2026-01-18T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/416733\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:00:11","slug":"unacceptable-allies-react-to-trumps-greenland-tariff-threats-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/416733\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUnacceptable\u2019: Allies react to Trump\u2019s Greenland tariff threats &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World leaders are raising alarm after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on European allies in an effort to pressure Denmark into negotiations over Greenland.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The move is sparking protests across the Arctic and sharp rebukes from Europe and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, thousands of people marched through snow and ice in Greenland\u2019s capital, Nuuk, chanting \u201cGreenland is not for sale,\u201d waving national flags.<\/p>\n<p>Police described the demonstration as the largest they have ever seen in the city.<\/p>\n<p>About 825 kilometres away, dozens of people rallied in Iqaluit, Nunavut, in a show of solidarity with Greenlanders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreenland is owned by the Greenlandic people,\u201d protesters chanted in Inuktut as they marched for an hour in freezing, windy conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The protests came as Trump announced he would impose a 10 per cent import tax starting next month on goods from eight European countries.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>These nations include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, because of their opposition to U.S. control of Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The tariff would rise to 25 per cent on June 1 if no deal was reached for what Trump called the \u201cComplete and Total purchase of Greenland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president suggested the tariffs were leveraged to force talks over Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark that Trump says is vital to U.S. national security.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron said France stands firmly behind Greenland\u2019s sovereignty and rejected the use of trade threats.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on World<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTariff threats are unacceptable and have no place in this context,\u201d Macron wrote on social media, adding that Europeans would respond \u201cin a united and coordinated manner\u201d if the measures are confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Greenland\u2019s future is for Greenlanders and Denmark to decide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApplying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of NATO allies is completely wrong,\u201d Starmer said, adding the issue would be raised directly with the U.S. administration.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11617045\/children-hospitalized-tear-gas-deployed-ice-minneapolis-video\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768712411_791_CP175628090.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tICE threw flashbangs, tear gas under car with our 6 kids inside, Minneapolis parents say\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11616900\/mark-carney-china-alignment-greenland-new-world-order\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768712411_937_Carney-China-Beijing-visit.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWhat China\u2019s \u2018alignment\u2019 with Carney on Greenland says of \u2018new world order\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bob Rae, former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, also chimed in on Trump\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The tariff threat could mark a significant rupture between the U.S. and its NATO allies.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Greenland already hosts the U.S.-run Pituffik Space Base under a 1951 defence agreement with Denmark, supporting missile warning, missile defence and space surveillance for the U.S. and NATO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no sign of the Trump war of aggression against Greenland and Denmark letting up. It is not about \u2018security\u2019 any more than Venezuela was about \u2018narco-terrorism.\u2019 They are both about seizing control and plunder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further added, \u201cNo country, including my own, Canada, is safe or secure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tariff threat could mark a significant rupture between the U.S. and its NATO allies.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is expected to face questions about the proposed tariffs and Greenland later this week.<\/p>\n<p>He is scheduled to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, alongside several European leaders he has threatened with tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With files from The Canadian Press\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World leaders are raising alarm after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on European allies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10853,43,44,41,39,42,40,6825,3275],"class_list":{"0":"post-416733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-greenland","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories","15":"tag-trump-tariffs","16":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}