German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz emphasized today that Irish backstop is not a “trick” to keep UK trapped in the European Union. He said “anyone who trusts the agreement, it is not invented to avoid Brexit.. It is just done to keep the peace.” And, the backstop could be taken without thinking this is a trick how to keep them in the European Union for all time. This is not true… no one is trying to cheat someone here.”
Also Scholz said Germany doesn’t want to engage in a trade war with the US. He criticized that “increasing tariffs is not a good idea” and “I hope things like this could be avoided.” He added that “The best thing we can do for growth and wealth is rules-based free trade. I hope that we will have a better situation so that we can get again more global trade agreements.”
