Merz ‘Demicent’ EU Trade Deal US Spending German Cars

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz, according to the EU officials, the German automotive industry is “Demender” that the US car industry will be caught.

The Merz entered the European Commission on behalf of the EU, the European Commission, which managed a trade policy with Washington, a US-UK contract with “Framework” with “Framework” and “Framework”, a special range for the previous cars of this month.

However, Brussels officials said Berlin said that such regulation will not be possible to reduce German car imports, because the reduction of German car imports focuses on US President Donald Trump, and two people said.

Earlier this week, Merz criticized the commission for the “very complex” negotiations, and a contract has been threatened in four-five main industry, including cars, steel and pharmaceutical products, including Trump’s sector tariffs.

However, commission officials say that they are the most difficult to eliminate them because Trump wants to reduce these industries in the United States.

The EU talks believes that any transaction of any transaction with the White House is “the most difficult element”, and it should be used after agreed to build the confidence of easier aspects.

Berlin was “cunning” to believe that Trump will agree with the concessions such as the first step for German cars.

The connection between the EU Executive Director and the largest economy of the block appeared on Thursday at the summit of a leader in the summit of a leader in Brussels, the US trade relations. The commission officials hoped that the leaders would return to “a reliable danger” to gain revenge to obtain the deal done in late July.

“I support the commission to come to a trade deal with the United States with the United States,” Merz said when the summit came.

Trump threatened “mutual” tariffs, 50 percent of the EU’s import of the EU, if there is no contract until July 9.

Meanwhile, 25 percent for cars and car parts are 50 percent for sectoral tariffs and steel and aluminum, and are in place, and in most imports are 10 percent tariffs.

Several countries are aware of a lot of compromise to get a quick deal. Referring to the UK agreement, a large EU diplomat, the block said that the EU should have 450 million people will have more trade power than Britain.

When a quota system is included, the England style carving for the sector would be complicated. Trump, for the first 100,000 vehicles sent from the UK, agreed to increase 27.5 percent of the 27.5 percent tariff in English cars to 10 percent. A similar agreement for the EU will leave member states fighting the quota.

Another high-level EU diplomat said, “We have given a commission to the commission.” He said. They added that “10 percent are not a mandate that we have given a mandate, which referring to Britain, 10 percent of the goods in most goods.

The transaction “not balanced”, diplomat, the EU will be ready to “be ready to apply”, “said the counter tariffs” will be ready. “

The block is already agreed, but the application of response tariffs is worth 21 billion euros and a more package of American products worth 95 billion euros.

Germany’s economy depends on exports and was particularly difficult for tariffs. The body of the automotive industry acea, karmeyers eventually lost “single-digit millions.” The German automotive industry is about 5 percent of the country’s GDP.

The United States is the second largest market for export of EU vehicles after the UK. In 2024, more than 750,000 cars were exported and estimated at 38.9 billion euros. According to ACEA, the United States exported $ 169,000 worth of euros worth 7.8 billion euros.

Among German carmakers, BMW is especially laughs that the US 25 percent of the United States is sprouting since July. BMW President Oliver Zipsy, in mid-May, the company said that the company was negotiated last year as the largest US car exporter, and more than $ 10 billion in US, negotiate from the plant from $ 10 billion to $ 10 billion.

BMW, Mercedes-Benz and other European carmakers have pushed us to allow a task deficiency program that will help you undo the import tariffs in case of exporting vehicles from America.

Great leaders from the top three German carmers met with Trump in the White House in mid-April. Merz also confused the issue of a car with Trump when he met in the Oval office this month ago.

“I said, I manage an American car with a German brand,” Merz, after the meeting, produced many German carmers, including BMW, including BMW in the United States.

Merz pressed the EU to reach an agreement with the United States as soon as possible, some German carmakers are less optimistic. “There is a mixed bag at the moment,” said a car official. “At the end of the day, the EU in talks with the United States.”

Another person in the German district said: “The talks appear to be a little pasted. It is nervous. Allows EU to pass time.”