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Germany warns against ‘protectionism getting upper hand’
BERLIN, May 31, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned
Thursday against protectionism in global trade ahead of a looming deadline
for steep US import duties on steel and aluminium imports from Europe.
Maas told reporters that international partners could have “no interest in
the clock being turned back in trade policy” ahead of a Friday deadline for
the new tariffs.
“To put it clearly: protectionism and isolation with regard to free trade
must be kept from getting the upper hand again in free trade,” he said after
talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
BSS/AFP/RY/1705 hrs