According to “Bild”, the Foreign Minister did not want to comment on the latest judgments in the United States. “The United States is a constitutional state,” he said. “The American judiciary works independently.”
A US trade court had lifted the customs premiums used by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Trump exceeded his powers with the appeal to an emergency law of 1977, the judgment said. The US government appealed. On Thursday, an appellate court decided that the tariffs can initially remain in force for the period of the appeal procedure.
Trump had recently threatened the EU with tariffs of 50 percent from July 9, but they are not yet in force to negotiate with the EU.
WadePhul also spoke to the recent US allegations compared to the “picture”, according to which freedom of expression was restricted in Germany. “Of course, this does not meet reality in Germany, but we are a very freedom, open society in which everything can be said,” said the Foreign Minister.
When asked whether Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) should address the allegations when he visited the USA, said WadePhul. “Oh, from my point of view you don’t have to overestimate it. (…) We don’t have to jump on everything either. I think we have enough problems, we also have enough mechanisms how to regulate something like this (…).
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