German FM: We will not bow to threats from the US

Baku. 24 July. REPORT.AZ/ Europe will not bow to threats from the United States in a trade dispute and wants to resolve it via negotiation.

Report informs citing the TASS, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday before European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker heads to Washington for talks on the issue.

"It is good that Jean-Claude Juncker will be in Washington tomorrow to talk and to seek a solution but we are not heading to negotiations with a pistol at our chest. I don't think threats bring us closer to a solution. We in Europe must stick together… I hope that we succeed in resolving this via consensus but we will not be threatened and climb down so easily," he told German public television.

Previously, Trump said that the US will impose 20% duties on cars imported from the EU countries, if the EU does not remove trade barriers against US companies.