BERLIN (Reuters) - European efforts to stop a spiral of tariffs, sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump's 'America first' trade policies, have not been successful so far, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Wednesday.
Altmaier also told a real estate conference the government would stick to its most recent growth forecasts for the German economy of 2.3 percent for this year and 2.1 percent for 2019 despite increased trade tensions.
"There is no automatism that the German upswing will end this year, next year or the following year... I don't see any sign of economic crisis on the horizon," Altmaier added.