German media suggests that Europe had better accept the US tariff hikes, as China's approach is not advisable! On July 14, after Trump announced a 30% tariff on the EU on August 1, German media stated that China has consistently adopted an uncompromising strategy of retaliation with equivalent or even higher tariffs in response to the US tariff aggression. However, China's firm stance has "not yielded significant results"!
German media claims that although China's firm stance contrasts sharply with the strategy of European Commission President von der Leyen, it is "by no means" a successful example. Therefore, German media advises Europe not to imitate China and not to retaliate against the US. Frankly speaking, facing American bullying, we did not expect German media to be so weak, which is really astonishing. We don't know where the German media gets the face to say our response is unsuccessful.
On April 2, Trump announced a 34% reciprocal tariff on us. After one round of confrontation, the US tariff was reduced to 10%. If this is not considered a success, then what is? German media says China's approach is not advisable. What is Europe's response? Whether Europe wants to learn from us is Europe's business. After all, German media's prejudice towards us does not affect the fact that Europe is being bullied.
US tariffs will pose a huge impact on European manufacturing. If Europe swallows a 30% tariff, the result will be accelerated deindustrialization in Europe. Being soft toward the US is essentially feeding the tiger, stimulating the US to open its jaws wider for Europe. The advice from German media is essentially encouraging Europe to surrender to the US, and it seems that German media is completely unaware of how this advice would severely hit Germany's manufacturing industry.
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