MBABANE:President Donald Trump says a number of European allies will be hit with a series of increasing tariffs for opposing United States control of Greenland, as he escalates his campaign to acquire the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, Aljazeera reported.
In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump said 10 percent tariffs would come into effect on February 1 on Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. He added those tariffs would rise to 25 percent on June 1 and would continue until an agreement is reached for the US to buy Greenland.
“There was no immediate reaction from the European countries.
Trump indicated in his lengthy social media post that the tariffs were being imposed in retaliation for trips to Greenland “for purposes unknown” by representatives from the countries, accusing all eight of playing a “very dangerous game” in opposing US control of the territory,”reads the Aljazeera report in part.
Unites States President Donald Trump (File: Evelyn Hockstein).