Speaking at the opening of the Industrial Fair in Hanover, whose partner is Canada this year, Olaf Scholz emphasized that she was independent country.
This is a reference to the statements of the US President Donald Trump, in which he expressed the desire to annex Canada, calling this country 51. The state of the USA.
– We are standing on your side! Scholz assured, adding: – Canada is not a country that belongs to anyone else. Canada is a proud, independent nation.
Germany reacts to Trump's set. Olaf Scholz: Europe is not naive
Referring to Trump's plans regarding the introduction of duties, Scholz said that his response to the policy “first of all my country” is more free tradelarger competitiveness and bigger technological sovereignty.
Scholz argued that Europe is not naivebut also not weak, and said that trading wars were harmful to all parties.
– So I tell the United States: Europe's goal is cooperation. But if the United States does not leave us a choice, as in the case of duties on steel and aluminum, As the EU, we will react as one – he said.