Comments by European trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom

  • EU cannot just stand by and watch, it must react
  • Trump's rhetoric is anything but helpful in trade talks
  • Making efforts not to lose time in trade talks, but doesn't want to set a deadline

With every passing day, we're getting closer to the end of the US autos investigation and closer towards Trump pushing forward with a possible imposition of tariffs on EU autos. Not quite good news for Germany's economic prospects as we head into 2019.