Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Karthik Sankaran
“It has been an extraordinary few days for Washington’s economic and security relations with the world. On January 17, President Trump threatened 10-25% tariffs on 8 European countries if they did not agree to the U.S. executing a ‘complete and total purchase’ of Greenland. This then led to a furious response that united most of Europe, and a subsequent ‘framework for an agreement’ negotiated at Davos that seemed to reflect deescalation on all sides. But even if this particular storm may have passed with some kind of fudge that offers less than what Trump demanded, the episode raises a fresh round of questions about the increasingly tangled (and contradictory) economic, financial, and security connections between the U.S. and its allies, particularly those in the North Atlantic.” (01/24/26)