Germany's Scholz announces countermeasures in the event of US tariffs

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday announced that there would be European countermeasures should the US impose additional tariffs on goods exported from the European Union. "As a strong economic area, we can organize things ourselves and can also react with customs policies," Scholz said as he arrived at an EU summit in Brussels. "We must and will do this, but the perspective and goal should be that we proceed in such a way that it leads to cooperation," he added. "It is clear that the prec