Shadow Defence Secretary calls Trump tariff threats over Greenland 'totally unacceptable'

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Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge says the threat of tariffs by US President Donald Trump is “totally unacceptable,” condemning the use of trade measures against allies. Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK and other European countries unless Denmark agrees to allow the United States to purchase Greenland.

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00:00I think it's absolutely critical that you know on something where I think everyone in British

00:14politics pretty much agrees we do send a strong message to him robust diplomacy this is not

00:19acceptable on two counts first of all the claim to Greenland which is part of a sovereign Denmark

00:25nation a friend of ours for any United States and a fellow NATO member and secondly the threat

00:29of tariffs for countries that that stand up to that I mean it's totally unacceptable and I think

00:33that you know I hope that the wider American public congressman etc recognize that and of

00:39course the administration so so look we mustn't get ahead of ourselves President Trump has come

00:44out with things before and then taken a different course the key is to engage as closely as possible

00:48so I'm pleased that the Prime Minister has spoken to him but we need much more of that engagement

00:53because I think here in Parliament I think there's strong unity that he's doing the wrong thing here

00:57in prison term

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