LONDON, Jan 18, 2026 (AFP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday condemned US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose swingeing tariffs on European allies opposing his efforts to acquire Greenland as “completely wrong”.

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“Applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of Nato allies is completely wrong. We will of course be pursuing this directly with the US administration,” Starmer said in a statement.

“We have also made clear that Arctic Security matters for the whole of Nato and allies should all do more together to address the threat from Russia across different parts of the Arctic,” he added.