According to online reports, according to CCTV News, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who attended an event in Athens, Greece on July 2, local time, said that if the tariffs of the Trump administration in the United States cause American citizens to pay more for goods, then Trump will also be affected. Merkel said the EU must unite and should not be afraid of Trump imposing more tariffs on the EU, but should fight back with its own tariffs. The EU must negotiate with the United States to resolve the tariff issue. U.S. President Trump has threatened to impose a 50% tariff on EU goods if there is no breakthrough in US-European trade negotiations before July 9. Currently, the United States imposes a 50% tariff on EU steel and aluminum products, a 25% tariff on the automotive sector, and a 10% benchmark tariff on almost all other goods.