Germany says its focus is on implementing EU-US trade deal

The German government expressed confidence that existing agreements with the US would be honoured, despite proposed new tariffs over concerns about forced labour in EU imports.

Germany says its focus is on implementing EU-US trade deal

A ​German ‌government spokesperson said ​on Wednesday that ‌Berlin's focus was on implementing the existing EU-U.S. trade ‌agreement, expressing confidence that agreements ‌would be honoured.

The spokesperson was responding to ⁠questions ​during ⁠a press conference about the U.S. ⁠administration's proposed new ​tariffs of 10% on imports ⁠from the EU and ⁠other ​economies because they failed to curb trade ⁠in goods made with ⁠forced ⁠labour.

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