Germany's Scholz says Trump's tariffs are wrong, everyone will lose

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March 27, 2025 1:10 PM EDT

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz gestures as he leaves the Elysee Palace on the day of a meeting with European leaders and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on peace and security for Ukraine, in Paris, France, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on cars is wrong and the U.S. president had chosen a path that would produce only losers.

"U.S. President Trump's decision is wrong," Scholz said in a statement. "The U.S. has chosen a path at whose end lie only losers, since tariffs and isolation hurt prosperity, for everyone."

Government officials added that Germany and the European Union would defend free trade as the foundation of their prosperity, with the European Commission, the bloc's executive, in charge of that process.

(Reporting by Andreas Rinke, writing by Thomas Escritt, Editing by Andrew Heavens)


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