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Europe close: Stocks fall on fears of trade war over Greenland

By Josh White

Date: Monday 19 Jan 2026

(Sharecast News) - European share markets slumped on Monday as the prospect of a renewed trade war weighed heavily on investor sentiment after US president Donald Trump threatened escalating tariffs linked to his push to annex Greenland.
As Dan Coatsworth, investment adviser at AJ Bell, put it, "financial markets have been...

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