Conservative Christian Democratic Union party CDU parliamentary floor leader Volker Kauder addresses the CDU party convention in Essen, Germany, December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay - RTSV1RD
BERLIN (Reuters) - If U.S. President Donald Trump imposes punitive tariffs on goods from other countries, Europe will probably do the same, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a magazine interview.
Trump has pulled out of a multilateral trade agreement with Asia-Pacific nations, vowed to renegotiate the U.S. free-trade deal with Canada and Mexico and wants to protect U.S. industries from foreign competition by levying new tariffs on goods.
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