Business, Freight News, Logistics


Logistics UK calls for cool heads over Greenland

[ January 20, 2026   //   ]

With the row raging between Europe and Europe over the future of Greenland, Logistics UK has urged politicians on both sides of the Atlantic to take a measured approach to trade and avoid destabilising global markets and supply chains.

US President Trump has vowed to slap tariffs on countries that oppose his plan to ‘retake’ the territory – currently a dependency of Denmark – threatening to reopen a dispute over increased US import duties in 2025 that has only just abated.

Head of trade policy, James Mills, said: “The US is the UK’s largest single-country trading partner, with around 40,000 UK businesses exporting goods to the US and close to one million jobs supported by that trade. Any renewed threat of tariffs risks creating uncertainty that supply chains and exporters can ill afford, particularly when margins are already tight, and businesses are focused on growth and investment.”

He said a calm, de-escalatory approach was essential to protect trade flows and avoid unnecessary disruption, while fully supporting the UK government’s defence of Greenland’s sovereignty. 

Mills concluded: “Predictable trade keeps goods moving and it is important to remember that tariff threats are not cost free to either side in the transaction: they land in supply chains and the resulting tab is ultimately picked up by customers.”

Tags: