German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said that if 30 percent tariffs declared US President Donald Trump for the European Union (EU) will be introduced, this will greatly affect the country’s economy.
“If such a situation arises, we can put all our efforts in the field of economic policy to the background, because this will eclipse everything else and will greatly affect the German export economy,” the chancellor said in a statement on the Ard.
television channel.
speaking of his trips in order to prevent tariffs of this scale, he continued: “Two things are needed for this: unity in the European Union and reasonable negotiations with the American president.”
Mertz noted that the remaining 2.5 weeks until August 1 should be used to solve this problem. According to him, the government is working hard on this issue.