Drop-In: The Greenland Crisis – What to make of this US-Europe conflict?

The transatlantic row over Greenland’s sovereignty intensified over the weekend following Donald Trump’s threat to ratchet up tariffs on European economies until Denmark agrees to sell. How serious is this latest escalation, and what does it mean for the global economic outlook? What retaliatory measures could Europe take against US goods and services? Furthermore, how might an imminent Supreme Court ruling on executive power alter the president’s ability to impose these levies? Our senior economists hosted this special briefing on the Greenland crisis to answer these questions and more.