Trump's aggressive trade policies and geopolitical maneuvers continue to dominate headlines, with Greenland acquisition threats sparking a potential transatlantic trade war involving EU retaliation tariffs and affecting global markets from luxury stocks to gold.

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• Opinion | Hit Iran in Its Shadow Bank Accounts — Wall Street Journal -

• Starmer says he does not think Donald Trump would use military force to seize Greenland — Financial Times -
• FirstFT: Denmark sends more troops to Greenland as tensions rise — Financial Times -
• Denmark dispatches additional troops to Greenland as tensions rise — Financial Times -
• Trump links Greenland pursuit to failure to win Nobel Prize — Financial Times -
• How to talk Trump down from his Greenland blackmail — Financial Times -
• As Davos Convenes, Deference to Trump Has Replaced Everything — The New York Times Business -
• Dollar slips as Trump’s Greenland threats reawaken ‘sell America’ fears — Financial Times -
• Trump’s Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate — The New York Times Business -
• Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds — Wall Street Journal -
• Europe’s rightwing parties squirm as Trump threatens tariffs — Financial Times -
• Far-right Israeli minister attacks Trump’s plan for postwar Gaza — Financial Times -
• Trump’s Arctic ambitions torch the most important US asset — Financial Times -
• Trump tracker: the latest data on US tariffs, trade and economy — Financial Times -
• New US tariffs threaten European growth outlook — Financial Times -
• A trade war over Greenland won’t guarantee victory in the wider battle — Financial Times -
• The US products in the EU’s €93bn retaliation plan — Financial Times -
• Could Europe really leverage its $12.6tn pile of US assets? — Financial Times -
• FirstFT: Gold soars and equities sink after Trump’s Greenland threat — Financial Times -
• Trump has invited Putin to join ‘Board of Peace’, Kremlin says — Financial Times -
• Kidnapping and $12 Billion Battle Hang Over Conoco Return to Venezuela — Wall Street Journal -
• European Luxury Stocks Slump on Trump’s Tariff Threat — Wall Street Journal -
• European Automaker Shares Drop on U.S. Tariff Threat — Wall Street Journal -
• Stocks fall and gold hits record as Greenland crisis deepens — Financial Times -
• Europe braces for the transatlantic relationship’s toughest week — Financial Times -
• EU readies €93bn tariffs in retaliation for Trump’s Greenland threat — Financial Times -
• The World 2026 — Financial Times -
• Maduro ousting boosts demand for Latin America political risk cover — Financial Times -
• The Asian migrant workers propping up Greenland’s economy — Financial Times -
• Europe’s isolation of Belarus pushes it closer to Russia, says freed opposition leader — Financial Times -
• How could Trump’s Greenland tariffs hit individual EU countries? — Financial Times -
• Is Venezuela’s ‘compliant’ new regime sustainable? — Financial Times -
• Multilateral world under threat as Trump takes aim — Financial Times -
• The dangerous triumph of neo-mercantilism — Financial Times -
• Trade Armageddon has failed to materialise — Financial Times -
• Trump’s shock and awe vision for US power — Financial Times -
• At Davos, Global Leaders Gather to Ponder the Future of a Messy World — The New York Times Business -
• Trump’s Realpolitik Takes Over Davos — Wall Street Journal -
• Rare Communist conclave plots Vietnam’s course through Trump tariffs — Financial Times -

Key national political shifts and economic indicators are under scrutiny, including a UK government social media ban for children debate, China's declining birthrate and real estate challenges, Germany's EV subsidy scheme, and US Federal Reserve actions amid political pressure.

• UK government considering social media ban for children — Financial Times -
• French PM to extend tax on big companies to appease the left — Financial Times -
• Federal Reserve Inquiry Clouds Trump’s Supreme Court Bid to Oust Lisa Cook — The New York Times Business -

• End the ‘psychodrama’, Badenoch tells Tory MPs after defections to Reform — Financial Times -
• UK set to approve Chinese ‘mega’ embassy after inclusion of security measures — Financial Times -
• Croatian central bank governor elected ECB’s second-in-command — Financial Times -
• IMF warns global economic resilience at risk if AI falters — Financial Times -
• From ‘Taco’ to the ‘Donroe doctrine’: a year of Trump 2.0 — Financial Times -
• Occupied America — Financial Times -
• Germany opens €3bn EV support scheme to Chinese automakers — Financial Times -
• Lawyers are ‘endangered’ in Trump’s America, international group warns — Financial Times -
• Japan’s Takaichi calls snap election for February 8 in bid for ‘major policy change’ — Financial Times -
• Student loan reforms risk hit to US university tuition revenue — Financial Times -
• I.M.F. Raises Forecast for Global Growth as Tariff Drag Fades — The New York Times Business -
• Defence policy falters when given the wrong prompt — Financial Times -
• Reeves hails ‘golden age’ for City after easing of listing rules — Financial Times -
• Will it be another plane weird UK inflation print? — Financial Times -
• UK taxpayers exposed with creditors set to take over struggling broadband provider — Financial Times -
• China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949 — The New York Times Business -
• Trump’s attack on the Fed should galvanise the GOP — Financial Times -
• Germany is reigniting cautious optimism in Europe’s economy — Financial Times -
• UK should relax EV targets to support auto sector says report — Financial Times -
• Cranes return to Johannesburg’s skyline as hopes of recovery stir — Financial Times -
• Stimulus from defence spending could prove elusive — Financial Times -
• China registers lowest number of births since records began — Financial Times -
• National Anger Spills Into Target Stores, Again — The New York Times Business -
• Real Estate Crash Weighs on China’s Economic Growth — The New York Times Business -
• China’s GDP grows 5% in 2025 as exports offset weak domestic outlook — Financial Times -
• UK Treasury to review wasteful spending by Whitehall departments — Financial Times -
• House prices jump across Britain as sentiment rebounds after Budget — Financial Times -

The business world sees **major M&A activity, like Zurich Insurance's $10 billion bid, alongside tech advancements impacting markets, corporate executive changes, and shifting investment trends towards data centers, while retail giants strategize against competitors**.

• Zurich Insurance Makes $10 Billion Bid for U.K. Specialist Insurer — Wall Street Journal -
• French government seeks €95mn in damages from Greybull over steel plant collapse — Financial Times -
• Amazon gets a dressing down in luxury store Saks’ bankruptcy — Financial Times -

• Can a $1,699 Espresso Machine Help Walmart Challenge Amazon? — Wall Street Journal -
• If fielding one bid is tough, try fielding 12 — Financial Times -
• Barrick Appoints Helen Cai as Chief Financial Officer — Wall Street Journal -
• The great oil head fake — Financial Times -
• Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• Commercial Builders Are Losing Their Appetite to Build Anything but Data Centers — Wall Street Journal -
• ASM International Logs Strong Orders as China Business, Advanced Tech Pick Up — Wall Street Journal -
• Prominent Architecture Firm Is Accused of Illegally Ousting Employees — The New York Times Business -
• Rare-Earth Magnet Maker Raises $215 Million to Amp Up U.S. Supply — Wall Street Journal -
• CVC strikes $3.5bn partnership with US insurer AIG — Financial Times -
• Elliott Reiterates Opposition to Revised Offer for Toyota Industries — Wall Street Journal -
• Micron to Buy Taiwan Plant for $1.8 Billion — Wall Street Journal -
• Europe’s AI ambitions are running into a markets plumbing problem — Financial Times -
• AI’s impact on jobs is set to become more pronounced — Financial Times -
• Elliott rejects Toyota Motor’s latest $34bn take-private offer for subsidiary — Financial Times -

Cultural shifts and media scrutiny highlight the evolution of American monoculture, ongoing debates on disinformation versus censorship, the rise of prediction markets, and privacy concerns in media, alongside an immersive Phantom of the Opera adaptation and youth protests reflecting societal frustration.

• Opinion | Notable & Quotable: Zionism and the New Right — Wall Street Journal -
• The Rise and Fall of the American Monoculture — Wall Street Journal -
• Combating disinformation must not be confused with censorship — Financial Times -

• ‘Masquerade’ Reimagined ‘Phantom,’ and the Fans Are Flocking — The New York Times Business -
• Prince Harry accuses Daily Mail of ‘terrifying’ privacy intrusion in phone hacking trial — Financial Times -
• The Rise of Prediction Markets — The New York Times Business -
• Nationality is no longer irrelevant for global CEOs — Financial Times -
• Gen Z protests show level of youth frustration — Financial Times -
• A long history of reinvention on the Davos ‘magic mountain’ — Financial Times -
• Why Copenhagen is a vintage shopper’s dream — Financial Times -
• One Month Later, CBS Airs Postponed ‘60 Minutes’ Report With Few Changes — The New York Times Business -
• ‘60 Minutes’ Airs Delayed El Salvador Prison Segment, With Some Additions — Wall Street Journal -