Trump tariff threat 'poison' for Germany's fragile recovery

Germany's government and its export-reliant businesses were blindsided when Trump again wielded the tariffs axe at the weekend -- this time sparked by his anger over a geopolitical rather than an economic dispute. "For Germany, these new tariffs would be absolute poison," ING economist Carsten Brzeski told AFP, adding that the heightened uncertainties "clearly jeopardise the fragile recovery underway". Germany -- long ailing from high energy prices, falling demand in China and stiff competition from the Asian giant...