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Greenland tariff tag expires? An exploration of the market logic behind the "immunity" of European and American exchange rates
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Asian Market Trends
Last Friday, Trump expressed his hope that Hassett would remain in his original position. The market speculated that Hassett's chances of becoming the chairman of the Federal Reserve were reduced. The U.S. dollar index reversed its decline. As of now, the U.S. dollar is quoted at 99.15.

Federal Reserve News:
①Trump: Wants Hassett to remain in his original position.
② Hassett downplayed the criminal investigation against Federal Reserve Chairman Powell; saying that if he serves as Federal Reserve Chairman, he will promise to maintain the independence of the Federal Reserve.
③ Federal Reserve Board Governor Bowman focused on the potential risk of layoffs and called for no signal to suspend interest rate cuts.
The situation in Iran:
① Special envoy of the US President: The United States prefers to resolve the tense situation in Iran through diplomatic means.
②According to AXIOS: Mossad Director visited the United States to hold talks on the Iranian issue. It is reported that the US military is deploying more defensive and offensive capabilities to the area to enable rapid action.
③Putin had phone calls with the President of Iran and Netanyahu respectively about the situation in Iran.
Other news:
Trump will raise taxes on eight European countries over Greenland, and the EU will hold an emergency meeting; Trump: Tariffs may be imposed on countries that hold different views on the Greenland issue; Eight European countries joint statement: Trump threatens to impose tariffs to undermine transatlantic relations and may lead to a dangerous vicious cycle; FaceIn response to Trump's tariff threats, Macron said he would request the activation of EU anti-coercion tools if necessary. Many EU countries are considering imposing additional tariffs on 93 billion euros of US goods exported to the EU, and the EU is considering holding an offline summit on Thursday, January 22.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: Greenland is vital to U.S. national security and the United States must control the island.
It was revealed that the acting president met with the director of the CIA.
The White House is considering taking administrative measures to limit credit card interest rates; Trump will announce his 401(k) housing investment plan this week.
U.S. defense officials: About 1,500 paratroopers from the 11th Airborne Division are on alert or may be deployed to Minnesota.
The U.S.-led coalition fighter jets flew over the conflict zone in northern Syria, projecting warning flares; the Syrian government and the "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) reached an agreement: a www.xmtraders.comprehensive ceasefire, and the SDF will transfer all oil field rights to the Syrian government; all SDF troops will be integrated into the Syrian Ministry of Defense; Syrian national institutions will enter the eastern and northeastern provinces.
NVIDIA corrected the incorrect statement in the technical paper and significantly reduced the copper usage in the data center.
Summary of institutional views
UBS Group: The Liberal Democratic Party is expected to take the lead, and the United States and Japan may peak in...
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is considering dissolving the House of Representatives and holding a general election at the beginning of the regular session starting on January 22. We believe the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to gain more than half of the seats, which will strengthen market expectations for long-term leadership.
In the short term, if the Liberal Democratic Party's majority is consolidated, market expectations for further easing of fiscal and monetary policies may put USD/JPY under upward pressure. Even so, we believe the weak yen and rising JGB yields will act as a "circuit breaker", prompting the government to maintain a prudent fiscal stance (i.e. avoid overly aggressive fiscal expansion). With USD/JPY rising above 158, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said this week that she and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were concerned about "unilateral weakness in the yen." Such statements have been made many times in recent months.
Therefore, we still believe that USD/JPY will peak at 158 to 160 levels. Looking ahead to the next 12 months, we believe USD/JPY has the potential and room to gradually move lower for two reasons: first, as Japan's real yields improve (i.e., nominal yields rise while inflation gradually falls), the impetus for capital outflows should weaken; second, as the US-Japan interest rate gap narrows, leading to lower FX hedging costs, and the JPY is at a depressed level, we believe FX hedging activities are likely to increase, thereby pushing USD/JPY lower. These dynamics are already reflected in our existing USD/JPY forecasts, but we also acknowledge that USD/JPY's downside could slow if a snap election brings a decisive shift in fiscal bias.
Deutsche Bank: Trump is keen on Greenland, and the following four scenarios may occur...
The direction of Trump’s Greenland policy is stillNot sure, but it can be summarized into four scenarios. The baseline judgment is that Trump will push for a www.xmtraders.comprehensive agreement that covers part of the aforementioned package. Greenland and Denmark hope to ease friction without losing sovereignty, but the terms Trump would accept are unclear, so all possibilities, including military options, still need to be evaluated.
Option one is to reach an agreement around core interests without touching on sovereignty issues. Greenland and Denmark oppose the "acquisition" statement and hope to meet U.S. concerns through negotiations. Possible measures include restricting Sino-Russian investment, allowing the U.S. military to permanently station, expanding radar and missile warning and other facilities, implementing long-term leases of ports, airports, and submarine cables, and restarting cooperation on key minerals and infrastructure.
Option two is long-term strategic leasing, similar to the Guantanamo Bay or Diego Garcia model. Denmark retains sovereignty and Greenland maintains autonomy, while the United States gains key access to bases, ports or shipping, as well as de facto control over specific areas, in exchange for providing Greenland with revenue, infrastructure and security.
The third option is a free association agreement, which is based on the arrangements between the United States and Micronesia, the Marshall Islands or Palau. The United States provides defense and economic support in exchange for strategic access, and does not even rule out taking a form similar to a US territory. Some officials have discussed offering high one-time www.xmtraders.compensation to local residents to gain support.
Option four is military intervention. If the issue cannot be resolved peacefully, military options are still under discussion, but this will seriously impact US-EU relations and even trigger Article 5 of NATO, triggering a political crisis between NATO and Europe. Such actions will further highlight the weakening of post-war international order and rules, causing a fundamental impact on the leadership of the United States.
Citibank
In response to Japanese Finance Minister Katayama’s latest statement, we believe this is likely to be the strongest verbal warning issued by the official before implementing substantive intervention. As the yen exchange rate approaches the key psychological mark of 160, and conventional warning measures have limited effect, the official stance has been significantly upgraded. This time it not only reiterated its readiness to take "bold action", but also crucially revealed that the United States and Japan have reached an agreement on the possibility of joint intervention.
From the perspective of trading strategies, the current verbal intervention is nearing its peak. Considering that the real effective exchange rate of the Japanese yen is already lower than the level at the time of the intervention in 2024, and the exchange rate is close to the 160 mark, the risk-reward ratio of continuing to chase the US dollar against the Japanese yen (i.e. shorting the Japanese yen) has deteriorated significantly at this time. It may be a safer choice to indirectly express a bullish view on the yen by shorting the euro against the yen.
London and New York trading desks were equally cautious. As the market remains overweight with short positions on the yen, rising uncertainty may trigger a "first-order effect" collective reduction in positions. The New York trading team clearly prefers to place short USD/JPY positions on rallies in the 158.80/159.00 area.
Although intervention risks continue to be high, strategists remind investors to remain rational. Against the background that risk appetite in the U.S. and Japanese stock markets remains resilient, the yen's room for strength may be limited. Even if there is a correction, it is expected thatThe downside of USD/JPY in the next few weeks may mainly revolve around the 157 line, and the probability of a collapse-like decline is relatively low.
Swedish Nordic Bank www.xmtraders.comments on the latest tariffs in Europe and the United States (1)
On Saturday, U.S. President Trump announced that he would impose an additional 10% punitive tariff on eight European countries, including Denmark, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, until an agreement is reached for the United States to acquire Greenland. This move marks that European and American trade relations have reached a freezing point.
The direct trigger of this crisis came from Trump’s public accusations. He claimed that the dispatch of troops by many European countries to Greenland blatantly hindered the United States' established plan to acquire the territory through purchase, military takeover or other means.
The current background shows that when Europe and the United States reached a trade agreement last summer, a 15% tariff base already existed. According to the latest arrangement:
Phase One (February 1): If the additional 10% tariff is added, the total tariff faced by the above eight countries will rise to 25%.
The second phase (June 1): The 10% new tariff will be raised to 25%, and the total tax rate will be as high as 40%.
In the European Union, the European Parliament is urgently negotiating a retaliatory tariff list worth 93 billion euros. The EU may use "anti-coercion tools" for the first time to restrict US access to the EU's single market. A trade deal signed last year to lift tariffs on U.S. industrial goods and some agricultural products is now on the verge of collapse. The EPP, the EU's largest political faction, has made it clear that it is currently unable to ratify the agreement.
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