Greenland businesses at the eye of geopolitical storm

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Six European leaders today rallied to Greenland's support after the President Donald Trump said the US ‘needed Greenland’.

The UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Denmark said in a joint statement, that Greenland ‘belongs to its people...and only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters concerning their relations"

We look at Greenland’s business community and how it is responding to all the uncertainty over its future.

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Presenter: Leanna Byrne
Senior Producer: Craig Henderson
6 Jan 11AM English United Kingdom Business

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