<div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened tariffs on many countries <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/politics/trump-enthusiasm-tariffs.html" title="">for many different reasons</a>.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">On Monday, he found a new purpose for his favorite economic tool. Mr. Trump said he would “tariff Denmark at a very high level” if it refused to allow Greenland — a North American island that is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark — to become part of the United States.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“They should give it up, because we need it for national security,” Mr. Trump said of Greenland. </p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Denmark, which has a smaller population than Texas, is not a huge trading partner for the United States. The country — a U.S. ally and a NATO member — sent the United States more than <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c4099.html#2023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">$11 billion worth of goods</a> in 2023, just a tiny slice of more than $3 trillion of imports. The United States, in turn, sends Denmark more than $5 billion in goods, including industrial machinery, computers, aircraft and scientific instruments.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">But despite its small size, Denmark, which handles Greenland’s foreign and security affairs, is home to some products that are very well-loved in America, goods that could become more expensive if Mr. Trump follows through with heavy tariffs. According to <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/dnk/partner/usa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">the Observatory of Economic Complexity</a>, a trade data platform, roughly half of Denmark’s recent exports to the United States are packaged medicines, insulin, vaccines and antibiotics.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">That’s largely because the country is home to Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic and Wegovy, the popular weight-loss drugs. The company is so important to the Danish economy — it <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-28/novo-s-impact-on-danish-jobs-greater-than-thought-watchdog-says?sref=h2AwP2mF&amp;utm_source=npr_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=20240726&amp;utm_term=9613643&amp;utm_campaign=money&amp;utm_id=33105953&amp;orgid=310&amp;utm_att1=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">has recently accounted for</a> half of Denmark’s private sector job growth and all of the country’s economic growth — that some have branded Denmark a “<a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/07/26/g-s1-13534/ozempic-biggest-side-effect-denmark-pharmastate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">pharmastate.</a>”</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-1"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Novo Nordisk <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.novonordisk.com/news-and-media/news-and-ir-materials/news-details.html?id=168528" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">is increasing its U.S. production</a> to meet the <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/business/ozempic-novo-nordisk-wegovy.html" title="">soaring demand for its GLP-1 weight loss products</a>. The company does not specify publicly how much of its products are exported, but it produces drugs in Denmark and the United States for the U.S. market.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">A spokesperson for Novo Nordisk said in a statement that they were following the situation closely but would not comment on hypotheticals and speculation.</p><div class="css-1336jj"><div class="css-121kum4"><div class="css-171d1bw"></div><div class="css-asuuk5"><noscript><div class="css-7axq9l" data-testid="optimistic-truncator-noscript"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="css-1b5b8u1" height="24" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="24"><path clip-rule="evenodd" d="M2.5 12a9.5 9.5 0 1 1 19 0 9.5 9.5 0 0 1-19 0Zm8.5 1.75v-7.5h2v7.5h-2Zm0 2v2h2v-2h-2Z" fill="currentColor" fill-rule="evenodd"></path></svg><div class="css-6yo1no" data-testid="optimistic-truncator-noscript-message"><p class="css-3kpklk">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.</p><p class="css-3kpklk">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.</p></div></div></noscript><div class="css-1dv1kvn" id="optimistic-truncator-a11y" tabindex="-1"><hr/><p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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