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Posted on 01/18/2026 1:14:58 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
BERLIN, Jan 18 (Reuters) - German industry reacted with anger on Sunday to U.S. President Donald Trump's planned use of tariffs to crank up the pressure on Denmark to sell Greenland, calling on Europe not to cave in to his demands.
Trump's threat to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the U.S. is allowed to buy the strategically important island derails a period of relative calm for businesses after Brussels and Washington agreed a trade deal last summer.
Germany is vulnerable to tariffs due to its export-focused economy, which is slowly emerging from two years of decline, with global trade tensions weighing on demand for its goods like cars, machinery and chemicals.
"If the EU gives in here, it will only encourage the U.S. president to make the next ludicrous demand and threaten further tariffs," said Bertram Kawlath, president of the German engineering association VDMA.
"Highly controversial political goals are being tied to economic sanctions in an unacceptable manner," said Volker Treier, a foreign trade specialist at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK).
EXPORTERS LOOK TO EU FOR STRONG RESPONSE
Both called for a unified response from the European Union, joining a similar statement from the head of Germany's VDA automotive association on Saturday.
This could include the EU's never-before-used "Anti-Coercion Instrument", which allows the bloc to retaliate against third countries that put economic pressure on EU members to change their policies.
Saturday's threat could derail tentative deals Trump struck last year with the European Union and Britain, which is also a target of the planned Greenland tariffs.
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Their green energy policies are worse for them than anything Trump does.
F Reuters and F Germany. Germany wasn’t smart enough to protect her own borders from a mob of raping freeloading savages.
Spot on. And their economy and industry are in the tank over there.
I love sauerkraut, but I dispise sour Krauts.
Ludicris?
Move krauts get out da way……
Get out da way krauts
get out da way
Ok so lash out.
Isn’t that whole “lash” thing racist?
Germany.
🇩🇪 3rd best economy in the world behind The U.S. and China.
The “Green Eyed Monster” is a B*tch on this site.😂
Ludicrous? Ok Germany, it’s simple, don’t export anything to the US.
This all sounds wonderful for the economy. The economy here of course is the one I’m speaking of. The one in Washington never really thinks about unless it happens to coincide with neocon global games.
Move our US bases in Germany to Hungary.
The Marshall Plan was a huge mistake.
Vell, ze WEF Annual Meeting und Orgy Festival starts soon. Kaiser Klaus’ Svan Song. They can spend the next week in a total tirade against Trump and US. Move on the tariffs tomorrow, Mr. President!
Seriously? l don’t think anyone here is jealous of Germany.
You make my point.
EU Weenies can be angry,
Just pay the additional tariff’s
Maybe the Krauts shouldn’t have declared war on the U.S. by sending their 14 troops to Greenland to fight us.
Exactly, why didn’t they ‘lash out’ while Frau Merkel was selling them down the river to the NWO globalists and foreign invaders.
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