BERLIN: Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned sweeping new US steel and aluminum tariffs on Wednesday and said Germany was “studying the suggestions of the European Commission” for retaliatory measures.
“I think the decisions on tariffs by the USA are wrong and we will react to them appropriately and quickly,” Scholz told a press conference in Berlin alongside European Council chief Antonio Costa.
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Germany’s Scholz criticizes US tariffs as ‘wrong’
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Germany’s Scholz criticizes US tariffs as ‘wrong’
- “We will react to them appropriately and quickly,” Scholz said
Danish PM says Trump comments on NATO role in Afghanistan ‘unacceptable’
- “I fully understand that Danish veterans have said no words can describe how much this hurts,” Frederiksen said
COPENHAGEN: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Saturday slammed US President Donald Trump for saying NATO allies had shied from the front line in Afghanistan.
“I fully understand that Danish veterans have said no words can describe how much this hurts,” she said on Facebook.
“It is unacceptable that the American president questions the commitment of allied soldiers in Afghanistan,” she added.
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