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German foreign minister: Europe will not bow to Trump threats
[PRESSTV] German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has warned that Europe  ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...will not give in to threats by the administration of US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... , amid a global trade war between the EU states and Washington. "Europe will not be threatened by President Trump. If we cede once, we will often have to deal with such behavior in the future," Heiko Maas said in a post on Twitter on Tuesday. "No one has an interest in having punitive tariffs, because everyone loses in the end," said the foreign minister of Europe's biggest economy. Separately, Maas told the German public television, "We in Europe must stick together...I hope that we succeed in resolving this via consensus but we will not be threatened and climb down so easily." Elsewhere in the remarks, the top German diplomat hoped that a planned visit to Washington by the chief of the European Commission could prevent an all-out trade war. "It is good that Jean-Claude Juncker will be in Washington tomorrow to talk and to seek a solution but we are not heading to negotiations with a pistol at our chest. I don’t think threats bring us closer to a solution." European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is due to meet with Trump to discuss the imposition of US tariffs on EU steel and aluminum and his threats to expand those measures to European cars. European Commission front man Margaritis Schinas told a news conference on Monday that Juncker would not arrive in the United States for talks with US President Donald Trump with a specific trade offer. "I do not wish to enter into a discussion about mandates, offers because there are no offers. This is a discussion, it is a dialogue and it is an opportunity to talk and to stay engaged in dialogue." Posted by: Fred 2018-07-25 |
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