Greenland dispute escalates, will EU halt trade deal with US, what Trump said?
Protests have escalated over US President Donald Trump's demand to acquire Greenland and his threats to impose tariffs on European countries that oppose it.
The European Parliament decided on Wednesday to suspend a trade agreement with the United States.
The European Parliament was discussing proposals related to removing tariffs on trade with the US.
The agreement was reached in Turnberry, Scotland, at the end of July. It proposed reducing import duties on American goods and continuing zero tariffs on American lobsters, which was first agreed upon in 2020.
These proposals were subject to approval by the European Parliament and the governments of the European Union.
The European Parliament's trade committee was scheduled to determine its position through a vote on January 26 and 27, but this has now been postponed.
Committee chairman Bernd Lange said at a press conference on Wednesday that the new tariff threats by Trump have broken the Turnberry agreement and it will be suspended until further notice.
Denmark has virtually no presence in Greenland: Trump
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said that American presidents have tried to buy Greenland for the past two centuries.
He said that Denmark has virtually no presence in Greenland and that Denmark is spending very little on the territory.
He said, "Only the United States can defend that landmass."
He added, "I wanted to leave Greenland out of this speech, but if I had, there would have been negative comments."
Trump also said that he respects the people of Greenland and Denmark.
Donald Trump presented his arguments for why the US should acquire Greenland to an audience in Davos.
Some of his arguments were familiar, such as national security concerns and Greenland's geographical location in the Western Hemisphere.
However, a new claim this time was that the US had a role in defending Greenland after Germany invaded Denmark during World War II, and therefore the US has a claim to the island.
Trump said, "We had it before, but after World War II, we gave it back to Denmark."
He said that the US "should have kept it."