[20190830]IN11161_格陵兰岛、丹麦和美国关系.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Greenland, Denmark, and U.S. Relations Kristin Archick Specialist in European Affairs August 30, 2019 In August 2019, President Trump expressed interest in purchasing Greenlanda self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmarkdue to the islands strategic location in the Arctic and its increasingly accessible natural resources. After Greenlandic and Danish officials asserted that Greenland is “open for business, not for sale,” President Trump canceled a previously scheduled state visit to Denmark in early September and subsequently objected to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksens description of his proposal as “absurd.” The incident sparked tensions with Denmarka close U.S. ally in NATO and fellow member of the Arctic Counciland led some experts to raise concerns about the future trajectory of U.S.-Nordic and U.S.-European relations more broadly. Greenland and U.S. Interests Located northeast of Canada between the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans, Greenlands population is around 56,000 (mostly of indigenous Inuit ancestry). It is the worlds largest island, with the second-largest ice sheet after Antarctic