Members of the management Board of large German car companies are met today in Washington with the US President. In order to talk about duties, although they have no mandate.
Here is the German car days of bosses: the White house in Washington
Volkswagen-chief, Herbert Diess, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche and BMW-travelled chief financial officer Nicolas Peter in the United States, in order to prevent in discussions with the US government, the US President, Donald Trump threatened punitive tariffs on car imports from the EU of up to 25 percent. Formally, the negotiation of sovereignty is on the subject of trading however, in the case of the EU-Commission.
After the top meeting in the White house Volkswagen-chief Herbert Diess has made a partnership with U.S. carmaker Ford. May be the German group Ford production will use the facilities for the production of cars, said This on Tuesday. In addition, the construction of a second plant will be considered. The negotiations for the establishment of a global Auto Alliance were pretty advanced. The Alliance would also strengthen the U.S. auto industry, so Diess.
US trade Minister Wilbur Ross had called on the German car maker previously to more production in the United States. The goal is to reduce the US trade deficit with Germany in the case of cars and car parts, said Ross. The associated “hopefully, with increased production in the United States.” It is important to get a big part of the future electric car production in the States, according to the Minister.
Big Mess
Only shortly before the Meeting, it was announced that the top representatives of the German car would hit the industry during their visit to the White house with US President Donald Trump. Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders announced in the short term, that the President will take part in the discussions. It is a “short Meeting” of the President with representatives from BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen had planned.
In the run-up to the visit of the Manager in the White house, it had been welcomed from well-informed circles, that a Meeting with trade Minister Wilbur Ross, the trade representative Robert Lighthizer, as well as the Trump adviser Larry Kudlow was planned. From participation Trumps the speech was not.
dk/kle (dpa, rtr, afp)