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Dutch PM Urges Diplomatic Efforts to Resolve US Tariff Threats

Netherlands’s prime minister Dick Schoof during a Bloomberg Television interview during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21.Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

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By Patrick Van Oosterom, Annmarie Hordern, and Sarah Jacob

January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM UTC

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof advocated for finding a diplomatic solution to resolve a dispute over additional tariffs that US president Donald Trump threatened to impose on several European countries if he can’t take over control of Greenland.

The US already has a military base in Greenland and could work together with European countries to expand defense capabilities in the region, Schoof told Bloomberg TV’s Annmarie Hordern at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.