As a result of the commercial dispute between the USA and China, the German market could be flooded by import products from China, according to the future Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). “We have to expect that we will be flooded with Chinese products even more than before”the CDU leader told the newspapers of the Funke media group (Friday).
Already now, more than 400,000 small parcel shipments from China arrive at German front doors every day. “We have to steer this again as soon as possible into an orderly way”, Mernz warned. “Consumer protection, health protection and product security must be guaranteed. The EU Commission urgently needs to act here.”
Merz expects US President Donald Trump to maintain his leaking political style in the coming years: “The United States will continue to confront the world with very different and sometimes contradictory decisions”, “ said Merz. “I will talk to President Trump about it and try to find out what separates us and what we have in common.” Merz plans one “Promptly” meeting with Trump.
With a view to a European answer to the US government's customs policy, Merz said that he was closely coordinated with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the outgoing Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
