Germany’s Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister, Lars Klingbeil, is pushing back against President Donald Trump amid the tenuous situation involving Denmark, Greenland, and Trump’s proposed tariffs against European nations.
Speaking to the media on Monday morning, Klingbeil encouraged the European Union not to be reluctant to use retaliatory measures against the U.S. if tariffs were implemented. He stressed that Europe must make the U.S. aware that the “limit has been reached.”
“Europeans must make clear the limit has been reached,” said Klingbeil. “There is a legally established toolbox that can respond to economic blackmail with sensitive measures, we should now examine use.”
France’s Finance Minister Roland Lescure echoed Klingbeil’s comments. Both considered Trump’s tariff threat to be a form of blackmail, Reuters reported.
“Germany and France agree:
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