{"id":22558,"date":"2026-01-18T11:03:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/trump-vows-tariffs-on-eight-european-nations-over-greenland\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:30","slug":"trump-vows-tariffs-on-eight-european-nations-over-greenland","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/trump-vows-tariffs-on-eight-european-nations-over-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows tariffs on eight European nations over Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a post on Truth Social, Trump said <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">additional<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 10% import tariffs would take effect on February 1 on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Great Britain, all <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">already<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> subject to tariffs imposed by Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Those tariffs would increase to 25% on June 1 and would <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">continue<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> until a deal was reached for the US to purchase Greenland, Trump wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Trump has repeatedly insisted he will settle for nothing less than <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ownership of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. 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