Merkel to Fight Trump Over Auto Tariffs Endangering Trade
- Trade tensions are ‘very serious situation,’ chancellor says
- Merkel says Europe can no longer count on U.S. for stability
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’ll keep lobbying President Donald Trump to head off tariffs on U.S. auto imports, which could escalate a trade war and threaten the global economy.
“On the issue of trade, we have a very serious situation in the world, I want to make that very clear,” Merkel told reporters Friday in Berlin. Potential auto tariffs are “really a danger for the prosperity for many in the world” and would be viewed by Germany as a violation of global trade rules, likely provoking retaliation.