- Title: Nobody will gain except Trump's ego - Germans react harshly to Trump's tariffs
- Date: 3rd April 2025
- Summary: INTERNET (APRIL 3, 2025) (REUTERS) (MUTE) GERMAN TABLOID "BILD" (German) "TRUMP'S TARIFFS MALLET FOR "THE ENTIRE WORLD" GERMAN ONLINE NEWSPAPER "SPIEGEL" (German) "DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCES TARIFFS FOR "THE ENTIRE WORLD" GERMAN ONLINE NEWSPAPER "ZEIT ONLINE" WITH OPINION PIECE (German) "NO STATE SHOULD STAND FOR THIS" VARIOUS OF GERMAN ECONOMIC NEWSPAPER "HANDELSBLATT" (Germa
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- Keywords: Trump tarrifs headlines tariffs tariffs reactions trade world trade
- Location: BERLIN, HAMBURG, GERMANY / INTERNET
- City: BERLIN, HAMBURG, GERMANY / INTERNET
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Europe,Economic Events
- Reuters ID: LVA002383703042025RP1
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- Story Text: Germans reacted harshly on Thursday (April 3) to the tariffs proposed by US President Donald Trump, which include 20% on all imports from the European Union. One passerby in Berlin said nobody would gain anything from it 'except perhaps Donald Trump's ego'.
"I don't think it's a good idea. It is neither good for Europe nor for the USA itself. It will only lead to products becoming more expensive for everyone, both here and there," said passerby Kai Beste. Another German called the tariffs a huge step backwards for the global economy. "Tariffs are fundamentally barriers to trade and in our world based on the division of labor it is actually a barrier where everyone can only lose," said Stefan Scheuerer.
German newspaper had equally critical headlines, with an opinion piece in the German online newspaper "Zeit Online" saying that "no state should stand for this" while German tabloid "Bild" talked about "Trump's Tariffs Mallet."
Trump on Tuesday (April 2) imposed universal tariffs of 10% with higher tariffs applying for specific countries such a 20% tariff for the EU, 24% for Japan and 25% for South Korea.
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