The European Union must resist pressure to weaken climate targets in order to aid carmakers after US President Donald Trump said he would slap a 25% tariff on auto imports, Germany’s outgoing environment minister said.

Trump threatened Canada, EU of ‘large scale tariffs’ if they come together to do ‘economic harm’ to the US. This comes after EU, Canada slammed Trump’s latest move of imposing 25% tariffs on imported autos.

About 38% of U.S. imports from Canada fall under the USMCA ‒ a free trade deal Trump signed in 2019 ‒ meaning about 62% of goods from Canada will still be subject to tariffs, the Trump White House said. About 50% of imports from Mexico fall under the agreement, so about half of Mexican imports will be subject to the tariffs.