Keir Starmer has played down the possibility of retaliatory tariffs on the US, after Donald Trump threatened them against Nato allies unless they support his plan to take Greenland. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior political correspondent, Peter Walker

US president says 10% levies will hit the UK and other Nato countries unless deal reached to buy the Arctic island

STOCKHOLM: Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Saturday rejected US President Donald Trump’s threat to European nations of swingeing tariffs if they did not let him acquire…

US president accuses several countries of playing ‘a dangerous game’

The US president says several European allies opposed to his plans to buy Greenland will face 10% tariffs from February.

French president says ‘no amount of intimidation’ will make EU change course on Greenland

European leaders said U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose fresh tariffs on them if they oppose his attempts to buy Greenland was "unacceptable."

Politicians condemn Trump’s threat to impose 10% tariffs on Nato countries deploying troops to the Danish territory

The European Union is having an emergency meeting to devise a response to Trump's tariff threats over Greenland.

UK prime minister holds phone call with US president as European leaders scramble to protect Danish territory

The US president threatens to impose tariffs on countries that oppose his plans to take over the territory.

The conversation follows the US president vowing a 10% levy on the UK and others opposing his annexation of the Danish territory.

They're also intensifying efforts to persuade the President against imposing the levies over Greenland.

Sir Keir Starmer is due to respond to US President Donald Trump's latest move to take over the Danish territory.

PM to speak to reporters this morning amid crisis over the territory and US president’s tariff threats to those who oppose him

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for cool heads as tensions rise between Washington and its European allies.

Keir Starmer explained that Britain supports the “fundamental right” of Greenland and Denmark to decide the future of the Arctic island.

PM says US tariffs are in no one’s interests – and Greenland row should be resolved through ‘calm discussion’

Sir Keir Starmer said the situation was "very serious" and that right approach was through "calm discussion".

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Monday that the Arctic island would not be pressured over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats.

Europe is weighing up how to counter the US president's move against some of America's closest allies.