Germany has already backed down and wants the European tariffs on American cars gone to prevent this. Trump won this one.
BERLIN: Germany’s leading auto makers have thrown their support behind the abolition of all import tariffs for cars between the European Union and the U.S. in an effort to find a peaceful solution to the brewing trade war.
The U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, brought the proposal for a broader industry trade pact to the Trump administration on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the situation.
That would mean scrapping the EU’s 10% tax on auto imports from the U.S. and other countries and the 2.5% duty on auto imports in the U.S. As a prerequisite, the Europeans want President Donald Trump’s threat of imposing a 25% border tax on European auto imports off the table.
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Europe sells more cars to us than we do to them. Germany just got a wake up call. We are winning this "trade war". Chinese markets are worse than ours and we can hold out longer.