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How Europe Could ‘Weaponize’ $10 Trillion of US Assets Over Greenland
Yahoo Finance· 2026-01-19 16:15
As Europe considers how best to respond to US President Donald Trump’s latest threats over Greenland’s sovereignty, there’s one extreme potential countermeasure that’s fueling debate among investors. European countries hold trillions of dollars of US bonds and stocks, some of which sit with public sector funds. That’s spurring speculation they could sell such assets in response to Trump’s renewed tariff war, potentially driving borrowing costs up and equities down given US reliance on foreign capital. M ...
Trump's latest E.U. tariff threats may spur more investors away from the ‘buy America' trade, analysts say
MarketWatch· 2026-01-19 14:59
Group 1 - The article discusses the potential "weaponization of capital" as investors shift focus towards European stocks and away from the U.S. dollar due to new tariff threats from the U.S. against Europe [1]