Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has known as the nation’s enterprise leaders to a gathering on Thursday after US President-elect Donald Trump final week threatened navy or financial motion comparable to tariffs to take management of Greenland.
Trump stated it was an “absolute necessity” for america to take management of the huge Arctic island, which is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.
Frederiksen advised Trump in a 45-minute cellphone dialog on Wednesday that it was as much as Greenland to resolve its future and that Denmark is prepared to do extra to strengthen safety within the Arctic.
She additionally emphasised that Danish firms contribute to development and jobs in america and that the EU and the US have a standard curiosity in elevated commerce.
Denmark is residence to firms comparable to drugmaker Novo Nordisk, delivery group Maersk, brewer Carlsberg, toymaker Lego, jewellery maker Pandora and wind turbine maker Vestas.
“It’s important that we have a good and constructive dialog with the Danish business community,” Minister for Commerce and Trade Morten Bodskov stated in a press release. “In a time of geopolitical tensions, we should search dialogue and cooperation.’
The ministry declined to provide any element on the time for the assembly or who was invited.
Following Frederiksen’s dialog with Trump, overseas minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen additionally known as members of the overseas coverage committee to a gathering on Thursday.
