Scott Bessent ‘not concerned’ by sell-off: Denmark is irrelevant

“Denmark’s investment in U.S. Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters at Davos on Wednesday. The “sell America” trade was in full swing Tuesday after President Donald Trump and European leaders escalated tensions over Greenland. U.S. stocks and bond prices tumbled, sending yields spiking. It comes as Trump’s threats to impose 10% tariffs on eight European countries as…

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Nikkei 225, Kospi, Nifty 50

Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell on Wednesday, mirroring overnight losses on Wall Street after President Donald Trump escalated rhetoric over Greenland, threatening fresh tariffs on countries resisting the transfer of the…

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Greenland devastated by Trump’s takeover threats: business minister

Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s minister for industry, raw materials, mining, energy, law enforcement and equality, addresses MPs at a meeting in the Inter-Parliamentary Union room in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, England, organized by the All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Greenland following U.S. threats to take over the territory. James Manning – Pa Images | Pa Images…

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