Merz: «The greatest poison for economies is uncertainty. We want a typical EU place” | EUROtoday

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will confront US President Donald Trump on tariffs with a united European entrance. Merz himself declared this after the ruling of the United States Supreme Court.

“I will go to Washington with a coordinated European position,” Merz instructed the German broadcaster Ard, as reported Politicoafter the CDU congress in Stuttgart, underlining that tariff coverage is a matter that issues the European Union, not particular person member states. Merz referred to as the Supreme Court’s choice “an interesting development” that demonstrated that the Trump administration had imposed limits on tariff coverage. The ruling has “a reassuring element,” he stated. “The separation of powers in the United States still seems to work, and that’s good news,” he remarked.

At the identical time, Merz argued that tariffs in the end hurt the nation that imposes them. “Doing harm primarily to the country that imposes them,” he stated, noting that whereas Germany bears a few of the burden by weaker exports, American shoppers in the end pay larger costs.

«The greatest poison for the economies of Europe and the United States is that this fixed uncertainty about tariffs. And this uncertainty should finish”, Merz said again, commenting with journalists on the new duties imposed by Donald Trump in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling.