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Customs Dispute: US Ambbadador Meets German Car Manufacturer

BERLIN. In the trade dispute with the European Union (EU), the United States is currently working on a press report, the German automaker. The US ambbadador to Germany, Richard Grenell, reportedly presented a solution to the leaders of BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen in the imminent punitive tariffs dispute.

Richard Allen Grenell Image: Reuters

This brought back the "Handelsblatt" Wednesday night, citing participants. At the meeting in Berlin Wednesday at the US Embbady in Berlin, Mr Grenell told the directors that he was tasked with finding a solution with Germany and the United States. EU. Grenell said that the United States is ready for a zero solution, so a complete renunciation of the rights of the car, even if Europe renounces it.

A spokesman for Daimler wanted to comment on the report's request. "No comment," he only said. At Volkswagen, no one was initially available to comment. A spokeswoman for the German Ministry of Economic Affairs did not comment on the report. On trade issues, the EU is the only negotiating partner, individual member states such as Germany can not conclude individual agreements.

At the meeting, Dieter Zetsche, boss of Daimler, Harald Krüger, boss of BMW, Herbert Diess Head of the leading suppliers of auto parts. In conversation, Grenell would have spoken of a "momentum" that should be used.

Trump has threatened to impose 20 percent import duties on European cars if the EU does not reduce their trade barriers. At present, imports of pbadenger cars from the EU to the US account for 2.5% of duty, and picking must be offset to 25%. The EU levies a ten percent duty on imported American cars. In May, the US government opened an investigation to determine whether car imports posed a threat to national security. In that case, it could impose punitive measures. Trump has repeatedly criticized the German car manufacturers.

The Association of the German Automobile Industry (VDA) is following the development with concern. The president of the VDA, Bernhard Mattes, said on Tuesday that, threatened by Trump to unilaterally raise tariffs in the US on cars coming from Europe, he also had to follow a brutal reaction . The unity of the EU is important, there is no industrial proposal for unilateral concessions

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