Germany: Retaliate Hard Against Trump’s “Tariff Mania”

Politico Europe reports:

Germany’s leaders aren’t concealing their preferred strategy on how to counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs: Retaliate hard enough to get Trump to come to his senses. Economy Minister Robert Habeck called for a firm response to what he termed Trump’s “tariff mania.”

“The strategy [must] be aimed at, in the end, not risking or having any tariffs, no tariff war, no trade war,” Habeck said on Thursday.

“But the question is, as always, how do you get there?” he added. “I advocate that Europe acts firstly with unity and secondly with determination. We are in a strong position. We can join forces with many countries, with many regions of the world and increase the pressure on the Americans accordingly.”

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