While US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that his administration will impose trade protection measures – specifically tariffs on steel and aluminum imports – provoked howls of protest from globalists and nations or single markets which impose much higher traiffs on US goods, particularly China and the European Union, Germany’s Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party has taken a more understanding and supportive stance.
Kay Gottschalk, a member of the German Bundestag, who also serves as the AfD party’s deputy trade and industry spokesman, defended Trump’s import tariffs, while describing his strategy as "clever." She said, "Trump bluffs a lot, it's a strategy he uses to make deals."
"The EU Commission is shouting loudly because Trump charges punitive tariffs. It raises itself as the grail-keeper of free world trade, defending indirectly the abominable consequences of globalization: pollution, wage dumping and tax avoidance of large corporations. Trump's clever strategy is obvious. He destroys existing contracts so that he can replace them with new and better ones," Mr. Gottschalk was quoted as saying by an official AfD press release."
Gottschalk went on to suggest that Trump levied the tariffs in response to the EU’s own trade protectionist policies – such as the tariffs imposed on all foreign exports into the economic union and may consider exempting the EU if they also exempt US exports from tariffs.
"The truth is that the EU has created insurmountable hurdles for the export of foreign nations, such as Africa, South America and the United States. Before you judge Trump, you should have the courage to question your own decisions as critically as those of others," Mr. Gottschalk concluded.
Just hours after the AfD published the press release containing comment from Ms. Gottschalk, his theory was proven correct, with President Trump tweeting that he would drop the tariffs if the EU and other trade partners also "drop their horrific barriers and tariffs on US products."
So far, Trump has only exempted Canada and Mexico from the metal tariffs, which are currently levied at a 10 percent rate for steel imports and a 25 percent rate for aluminum imports. He also suggested that an exemption will soon be issued to Australia.
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