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Europeans hold roughly $10 trillion in total U.S. assets, around $6 trillion of which is in American equities, Ozkardeskaya said. "Selling those assets would pull the rug from under U.S. markets" and could possibly get Trump's attention.The US Dollar Index posted its biggest decline since last April’s “Liberation Day” tariff rollout, while the euro climbed and gold surged to record levels as investors sought safety. Spot gold hit an all-time high above $4,600 an ounce as precious metals extended gains in what one strategist called a “much broader global risk off” move.

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warned that the dynamic could escalate into what he called “capital wars” as countries reconsider their willingness to finance US deficits and hold dollar assets.“On the other side of trade deficits and trade wars, there are capital and capital wars,” Dalio told CNBC at the World Economic Forum meeting happening at Davos, Switzerland. “If you take the conflicts, you can’t ignore the possibility of the capital wars. In other words, maybe there’s not the same inclination to buy at U.S. debt and so on.”For equity markets, the selloff is colliding with already stretched expectations. Brad Long, chief investment officer at Wealthspire, told CNBC that he is not surprised the Greenland episode is hitting US stocks, given that the market is “already priced for perfection” with “high” valuations and earnings assumptions.

Long noted that while tariffs and Greenland are not new themes, “the weaponization of tariffs in the short term to achieve kind of a non-economic or maybe economic adjacent goal is new.”

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China owns a relatively small but growing amount of U.S. agricultural land (around 380,000 acres, less than 1% of foreign holdings) and significant stakes in U.S. companies like Smithfield Foods and AMC Theatres, while also holding substantial U.S. Treasury securities, though concerns persist about strategic acquisitions near sensitive sites. Key Chinese-owned assets include food/tech firms, significant farmland primarily in Texas and North Carolina, and substantial holdings in U.S. stocks and debt.

The Kvanefjeld project is majority-owned by Australian company Greenland Minerals, but China’s Shenghe Resources is its largest shareholder and strategic partner.The Kvanefjeld project’s appeal and controversy
Kvanefjeld is one of the largest known rare earth deposits globally, with millions of tonnes of minerals, including heavy rare earths prized for specialised applications. However, the project’s development has stalled due to environmental and public health concerns, particularly the presence of uranium in the ore, which triggered legislation banning uranium mining and effectively blocked exploitation. This political obstacle underscores the complexity of Arctic mining in environmentally sensitive regions.According to the Centre for Strategic & International Studies, for more than a decade, China has sought to gain a foothold in Greenland through airports, an abandoned naval station, and a satellite ground station, but its ambitions have been largely stalled and curtailed by US and Danish stakeholders. While Beijing has yet to establish a Polar Silk Road of strategic significance, its dominance in rare earth separation and processing still gives China leverage, allowing potential access to Greenland’s resources through processing and offtake agreements rather than direct ownership.

Experts cited by the Associated Press have pushed back strongly against these assertions. Security analysts say there is no evidence of Chinese or Russian warships or submarines operating near Greenland’s coastline. Russia’s primary naval activity in the Arctic is concentrated in the Barents Sea, off the Scandinavian coast, where its Northern Fleet is based. China and Russia do maintain a presence in the Bering Sea, south of Alaska, but analysts note that this is geographically and strategically distinct from Greenland.

Strategic and Military Context
Lack of Assets: Vessel tracking data and intelligence reports as of January 2026 show no Russian military or economic assets currently established on Greenlandic soil.
Arctic Presence: While Russia owns roughly half of the landmass in the broader Arctic Circle, its military infrastructure (including over 30 modernised bases) is located on its own mainland and islands, not in Greenland.