Lisa Nandy labels Trump’s Greenland tariffs as ‘wrong approach’

Evening Standard

Donald Trump’s plan to hit the UK with tariffs until a deal is reached to purchase Greenland has prompted criticism from politicians who fear for their impact on the economy.The US president said the UK will be charged a 10% tariff “on any and all goods” sent to the US from February 1, increased to 25% from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.

Transcript

00:00The Prime Minister was very clear last night that we believe that this decision on tariffs is

00:05completely wrong. The future of Greenland is for the people of Greenland and the people of the

00:11Kingdom of Denmark to determine and for them alone. We've been consistent about that. That is a view

00:16that we've expressed to our friends and allies in the American administration. And we believe that

00:22at this moment with the serious challenges, especially in the Arctic region, affecting not

00:29just us, but the United States, Canada and most of Europe, that we need to be working together

00:35in order to resolve them. It's why the Foreign Secretary has just been in North Norway. She

00:39arrived home last night working with our Norwegian counterparts to strengthen our programme there

00:45and to double the number of Marines in the region. But we're working across the board with our

00:50allies and we need to work together, not to divide ourselves from one another. So we believe that

00:54these tariffs are the wrong approach.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended