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EU ready to respond to U.S. on trade tariffs, says Germany's Scholz

1. VARIOUS OF GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ COMING TO STATEMENT POSITION 2. SCHOLZ STARTING TO SPEAK 3. PHOTOGRAPHERS 4. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ, SAYING: "It is very clear to me that we can also draw on the practical experience we have gained with the free trade agreement with Canada, CETA. And Germany has ratified it. We hope that it will soon be ratified definitively by all European states, just as we must do everything we can to ensure that the free trade agreements that the European Union concludes are more numerous and that they are concluded more quickly. That is the right response at this time." 5. SCHOLZ SPEAKING 6. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ, SAYING: "Canada, the country we are here with at this trade fair, is almost the ideal partner. A country that defends these principles of free world trade with us, that is at the cutting edge of technology and that also has many things that are in high demand in Europe and not only there. Raw materials, for example. I remember a comment made by the former Canadian Prime Minister that went something like this. 'We have all the raw materials that Russia has, but we are a democracy.' And in this respect, it is very special that this is now the partner country of the trade fair." 7. SCHOLZ SEEN IN CAMERA DISPLAY 8. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ, SAYING: "It is therefore also clear that we as the European Union will respond to the United States' customs policy. Clearly and resolutely, as the larger economic area with more inhabitants, with great economic power and all the opportunities for action that arise from this, but at the same time firmly prepared at every moment and in every hour to stand up for compromise and cooperation. That is why this remains the strategy we are pursuing together. Co-operation, clarity and strength are required here at the same time." 9. SCHOLZ SPEAKING 10. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ, SAYING: "We know that free global trade, which has created so much prosperity, is at risk because political movements of protectionism are becoming fashionable all over the world. We also know that this benefits no one, that there are only losers if we all carry this in front of us. And that is why the position of the German government, but also of the European Union, on this issue is very clear: we will continue to work in favour of free and fair world trade. We do not consider tariffs to be a suitable instrument for the exchange of goods and services between nations, but we believe that the model that has existed in recent decades has brought good prosperity. And it is particularly true that the United States of America has been an important driver of this development in recent decades." 11. SCHOLZ SEEN IN CAMERA DISPLAY 12. SCHOLZ SPEAKING SURROUNDED BY MEDIA CREWS