German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies warned today Sunday (2.2.2025) about avoiding excessive reactions if Trump extends them to , saying: “No one should react panicking in the first decision, but see it as the beginning of negotiations, not until the end”. It is noted that the EU has announced that it will “answer decisively” if the US imposes duties on the Union, as a sign of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s worldwide trade policy, Bloomberg says. A Commission representative said that the EU does not know at this stage whether additional duties will be imposed on its products, stressing that the trade and investment relationship with the US is the largest in the world.
Duties Donald Trump: Coolness recommended by the German Ministry – “It is the beginning and not the end of negotiations”
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