German Finance Minister Warns of the Scars of Tariffs: The Global Economic Quagmire and Ways Out Under the US-EU Trade War
On July 16, 2025, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, in a joint press conference with French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire in Berlin, issued a strong warning: The U.S. policy of imposing a 30% tariff on EU goods would lead to "the rupture of global industrial chains and an escalating spiral of economic recession."
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