Trump and tariffs: Stick or carrot?

With President Donald Trump and his threat of sweeping tariffs looming large over the German election campaign, co-hosts Jeremy Cliffe and Jana Puglierin discuss the latest from the campaign trail before welcoming Tobias Gehrke and Daniela Schwarzer to discuss how Trump’s tariffs could affect Germany—and how the country should respond. Could this development impact the election? And what does it mean for the future of the German economic model?

Guests:

Tobias Gehrke, senior policy fellow at ECFR

Daniela Schwarzer, executive board member of the Bertelsmann Foundation and ECFR council member

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