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GERMAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: U.S. TARIFFS ON EU CAR INDUSTRY NEED TO BE CUT AS AGREED BEFORE WIDER TARIFF AGREEMENT CAN BE CLARIFIED IN WRITING
German government spokesman: US tariffs on the EU car industry to be cut as agreed before a wider tariff agreement can be clarified in writing.
Germany on Monday said the United States must implement the tariff reductions it previously agreed for EU-made cars before negotiators can convert a provisional EU-US trade accord into a formal written agreement. A government spokesman told reporters that car duties remain a "considerable burden" on Germany’s export-oriented economy and insisted Washington act on the cuts as a precondition for completing the broader deal reached in late July. Berlin added that it would continue to back the European Commission in the talks.