{"id":230633,"date":"2026-01-13T05:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T05:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/230633\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T05:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T05:46:20","slug":"experts-warn-of-economic-impact-of-a-us-acquisition-of-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/230633\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts warn of economic impact of a US acquisition of Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As US President Donald Trump sharpens his interest in acquiring Greenland, experts warned an American annexation attempt could carry heavy economic consequences for Europe.<\/p>\n<p>A US military takeover would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnamro.com\/research\/en\/our-research\/the-economic-fall-out-from-trumps-greenland-ambitions\" class=\"styles_linkEmbed__SNmaX\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">dent consumer and business confidence<\/a> on the continent and risks escalations including tariffs and sanctions, Dutch bank analysts wrote.<\/p>\n<p>An ING strategist agreed that economic <a href=\"https:\/\/think.ing.com\/articles\/denmarks-currency-is-starting-to-feel-some-greenland-effect1\/\" class=\"styles_linkEmbed__SNmaX\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">retaliation poses the largest risk<\/a>, even as Denmark\u2019s currency markets have seen some ripples in recent days, and Greenland\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/01\/06\/greenland-economy-facing-major-challenges-amid-trump-takeover-push.html\" class=\"styles_linkEmbed__SNmaX\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">economy is slowing<\/a>, Denmark\u2019s central bank warned. <\/p>\n<p>Trump is eyeing Greenland\u2019s critical mineral deposits, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/denmark-greenland-trump-rare-earths-mining-3f47c0b2ae3edfb322a908ee39c42c05\" class=\"styles_linkEmbed__SNmaX\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">harsh environment and lack of infrastructure<\/a> mean the island won\u2019t be a rare earth producer for years, if ever, The Associated Press wrote.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e4cec1e47c2dcd38680e70d760da86ec216390ca-2048x930.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"363\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"styles_imageEmbed__QsLwb styles_fullContentArea__zXct_\" style=\"color:transparent\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As US President Donald Trump sharpens his interest in acquiring Greenland, experts warned an American annexation attempt could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-230633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}