U.S. tariffs on metal imports won't dampen German exports: economic institutes

Reuters

Published Apr 19, 2018 04:10AM ET

U.S. tariffs on metal imports won't dampen German exports: economic institutes

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports would not dampen German exports if an exemption granted to the European Union expires on May 1 without a permanent solution, Germany's leading economic institutes said on Thursday.

But they warned in a report that an escalation of a trade dispute between major economic blocs would have a big impact on German exports and the economy, which they expect to grow by 2.2 percent this year and by 2.0 percent in 2019.