Davos Braces as Trump Presses Greenland and Tariffs

LEAD: President Donald Trump arrived in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday and announced on Truth Social a 10% tariff on goods from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom effective Feb. 1 and rising to 25% on June 1 unless a deal over Greenland is reached, according to his posts and White House schedules.

CONTEXT: The World Economic Forum convened on Monday with hundreds of global CEOs and more than 60 prime ministers and presidents, and participants say the agenda has been upended by Trump's bid to acquire Greenland and his broader assaults on NATO and multilateral institutions, Robert Reich and WEF attendees said.

RESPONSE: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Davos attendees on Monday 'a deal is a deal' while Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said at a Nuuk press conference that 'international law, it’s not a game,' and French President Emmanuel Macron's office said the White House peace-board proposal 'raises serious questions' about U.N. principles, according to AP and Politico reporting.

SCALE: The White House has dispatched the largest U.S. delegation ever to the World Economic Forum, including five cabinet secretaries and other senior officials, and the forum lists hundreds of corporate leaders and more than 60 heads of state scheduled to attend, according to White House and WEF schedules.

FORWARD: Trump is scheduled to deliver a Davos address on Wednesday and to preside over a signing ceremony for his Gaza Board of Peace on Thursday while European officials have signaled possible retaliatory measures, including a proposed EU tariff response, and analysts warn the standoff could escalate if no Greenland agreement is reached by June 1, according to White House and EU officials and media reports.