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The latter adds that Herbert Diess and Dieter Zetsche, CEOs of Volkswagen and Daimler respectively will participate in the meeting, as well as Oliver Zipse, responsible for production at BMW.
Richard Grenell, US ambassador to Germany, told the builders that the US trade representative Robert Lighthizer would take part in the meeting, as did US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, continued Handelsblatt, broadly confirming what a source told Reuters last week.
The US Embassy in Germany did not respond immediately to a request for reaction and the builders did not want to comment.
Donald Trump has threatened this year to introduce tariffs of 25% on US auto imports, a measure likely to penalize hard German manufacturers.
(Andrea Shalal, Benoit Van Overstraeten for French service)
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