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Posted on September 25, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleThe German auto industry welcomes US tariff cuts but urges the EU to push for better trade conditions as challenges remain for exporters.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's VDA car industry association on Thursday welcomed the United States lowering tariffs retroactively from August 1 but said exporters still faced challenging trade barriers.
"This is an important step," VDA President Hildegard Mueller said in a statement, after President Donald Trump's administration said it was formally implementing the U.S. trade agreement with the European Union.
"At the same time, it should be noted that even the U.S. tariffs now in force ... remain a tangible challenge for the German automotive industry," she said, calling on the EU to continue lobbying for better transatlantic trade conditions.
(Reporting by Rachel More, Editing by Friederike Heine)
The United States lowered tariffs retroactively from August 1, which was welcomed by Germany's VDA car industry association.
Hildegard Mueller is the President of the VDA and she commented on the importance of the tariff reduction.
Despite the tariff reductions, the German automotive industry still faces challenging trade barriers that remain a tangible challenge.
Hildegard Mueller called on the EU to continue lobbying for further reductions in trade barriers.
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