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Merkel slams Trump's import tariffs as 'unlawful'

Published 03/21/2018, 09:16 AM
Updated 03/21/2018, 09:20 AM
© Reuters. Session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to introduce tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and warned Washington that the European Union was ready to take countermeasures if necessary.

"We consider these tariffs unlawful," Merkel told lawmakers in the Bundestag lower house of parliament, adding that Germany was convinced that isolationism would hurt everyone in the end.

© Reuters. Session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin

Merkel said Germany and the European Union would continue talks with the United States on trade.

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