German economic minister Brigitte Zypries with some comments - 7 March 2018

  • Wants to avoid trade conflict
  • Hopes that Trump changes his mind on tariffs

The less hostile approach to things it seems. But she doesn't state what the response will be. Yesterday, the European Commission outlined the potential measures that the EU could respond with should Trump go through with the tariffs implementation - and they include tariffs of up to 25% on certain products.