Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, President Donald Trump cancels his tariff threat over Greenland; the Supreme Court seems inclined to keep Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook in her job; and Spain reels from two fatal train crashes in two days.
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President Donald Trump walks on to the stage during the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) |
Trump cancels tariff threat over Greenland, says NATO agreed to 'framework' of future Arctic deal |
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was canceling his planned tariff on U.S. allies in Europe over U.S. control of Greenland after he and the leader of NATO agreed to a "framework of a future deal" on Arctic security. The abrupt about-face emerged hours after Trump had insisted that he wants to "get Greenland, including right, title and ownership," but said he would not use force to do so while deriding European allies and vowing that NATO should not try to block U.S. expansionism. Read more. |