Trump's Greenland tariff threat
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Will Bain discusses the reaction from European leaders after US president Donald Trump vowed to impose a 10% levy on goods imported from eight European nations, including the UK, until a deal was reached over the future of Greenland.
Plus, Will finds out what's on the agenda at this week's World Economic Forum in Davos, and discusses the many ways weight loss drugs are changing the food industry.
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| 0:40.8 | Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:44.0 | Hello morning, welcome to wake up to money. |
| 0:46.1 | Relations between the US and Europe seen in tatters this morning, |
| 0:49.5 | following President Trump's threat to hit eight countries with additional tariffs |
| 0:53.9 | unless they agree a deal to hand over control of Greenland. |
| 0:57.6 | This conversation about tariffs, we believe, is wrong. We believe it's deeply unhelpful and we believe it's counterproductive. |
| 1:04.1 | And the Prime Minister has not shied away from making that clear. |
| 1:07.5 | Government Minister Lisa Nandi explaining the UK government's position there. We will take a look |
| 1:12.7 | at President Trump's proposals and find out how new tariffs might hit British manufacturers in particular. |
| 1:19.0 | Elsewhere, the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland kicks off today with the |
| 1:23.9 | pre-U.S. President meant to be amongst the attendees. We will find out what's going on there |
| 1:28.7 | and how the agenda may have been hijacked a little. And also today, my gosh, GLP-1s are going to change |
| 1:33.3 | absolutely everything about the food business. We're taking an extended look on today's program at |
| 1:39.0 | weight loss jabs and how they're changing the way we eat and spend our money. |
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