German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned today 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 tomorrow's 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.
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