An app designed to help users boycott American products has reached the top of the Apple App Store in Denmark, following US President Donald Trump's threats to take control of Greenland. The NonUSA app allows users to scan a product's barcode to determine its country of origin.
The app's description states it “helps you identify and avoid American products in everyday life” by providing detailed information about a product's origin. It adds: “With our intuitive scanning feature, you can easily check whether a product is American-owned and find Danish alternatives.”
NonUSA is currently only available on Apple's app store, which requires American software and hardware. An Android version is expected to be available on the Play Store by Friday, according to the app's developers.
Another boycott-related app, Made O'Meter, has also entered the top 10 in Denmark. Both apps have proven popular in other Nordic countries, including Norway, Sweden and Iceland. Their popularity forms part of a broader backlash against Trump and his administration, who claim the US needs to acquire Greenland from Denmark for national security reasons.
The semi-autonomous Danish territory already hosts a US military base, but Trump claims full control is needed to protect against threats from China and Russia. Last week, Trump threatened new 10 per cent trade tariffs on countries that do not support his plans, including the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland.
Trump announced on Wednesday that there was a “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland” after talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. No details were provided, though Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday that any talks must respect Greenland's territorial integrity. “We can negotiate all political aspects – security, investment, the economy – but we cannot negotiate our sovereignty,” he said.
