Berlin (Reuters) – Europe wants to cooperate with the United States, but the European Union is ready to answer as one if Washington leaves no other choice and Import Rates About steel and aluminum, said the German chancellor, Olaf Scholzthis Sunday (30).
Speaking at the opening of the Hannover Industrial Fair, which this year has Canada as a partner country, Scholz also insisted that Canada is an independent country.
O, talked about the possibility of attaching Canada and referred to the country as the 51st state of the US.
“We are on your side!” Scholz said, adding, “Canada is not a state that belongs to anyone else. Canada is a proud and independent nation.”
Commenting on Trump’s plans to impose tariffs, Scholz stated that his response to policies would be more free trade, greater competitiveness and more technological sovereignty.
Scholz argued that Europe is not naive, but neither is it weak, and said commercial wars hurt all sides.
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“So I say to the US: Europe’s goal is still cooperation. But if the US leaves us without choice, as with steel and aluminum tariffs, we, as an EU, react as one.”
(Andreas Rinke report)
