Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke on the phone with future US President Donald Trump on Sunday evening. The Chancellor underlined the Federal Government’s willingness to “continue decades of successful cooperation between the governments of both countries,” said government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. “They also agreed to work together towards a return of peace in Europe,” he added, alluding to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Details were not known. Scholz once again personally congratulated the US Republican on his election victory. They talked about German-American relations and the current geopolitical challenges.
Previously, with regard to the punitive tariffs on European and German products that Trump threatened during the election campaign, Scholz emphasized that the EU Commission was responsible for trade issues. You have to look for cooperation. Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) had said that he expected that new US tariffs would be calibrated in such a way that “German imports into the USA or exports from Germany are particularly affected”.
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