US President Donald Trump has threatened to place tariffs on nations that do not go along with his ambitions to annex Greenland.
Trump says at a White House meeting that he "may put a tariff on countries if they do not go along with Greenland", which is a self-governing territory controlled by Denmark.
He did not say which countries might be hit with new tariffs, or what authority he would invoke to use such import taxes in pursuit of his goal.
Along with Denmark and Greenland, other countries oppose his plans, and many in the US have expressed scepticism about an acquisition.
As Trump spoke, a bipartisan congressional delegation was visiting Greenland to show support for the territory.
The 11-member group included Republicans who voiced concerns about the president's calls for the US to somehow acquire Greenland for national security reasons.
They met MPs as well as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
Source: BBC News
