trade commissioner cecilia mao strome rejected that approach she warned of retaliatory measures including a trade war if negotiations fail with. a future course of action would depend on the nature and the severity of measures imposed on our exports by the united states and the injury it does to our industry and that could mean tariffs on many u.s. products including cranberries peanut butter orange juice motorcycles and whisky the ongoing trade disputes with its uncertain outcome has tainted the atmosphere and is likely to affect the german economy to the o.e.c.d. has downgraded germany's economic growth prognosis from two point four percent to two point one percent. and it has e.w. exclusive all paris correspondent lisa newest quartet with germany's economy minister paid to outline at the conference. mr what is the e.u. offering the us in these negotiations we have tabled a concrete offer. last week and so if you haven't the heads of states and governments we're meeting and this includes reciprocal arrangements for better access to the markets for industrial products including cars that

trade commissioner cecilia mao strome rejected that approach she wondered retaliatory measures including a trade war if negotiations fail. our future course of action will depend on the nature and the severity of measures imposed on our exports by the united states and the injury it does to our industry and that could mean tariffs on many u.s. products including cranberries peanut butter orange juice motorcycles and whisky the ongoing trade disputes with its uncertain outcome has tainted the atmosphere and it's likely to affect the german economy to the o.e.c.d. has downgraded germany's economic growth prognosis from two point four percent to two point one percent. and i want to bring in our correspondent lisa lewis in paris now lisa talks have wrapped up bring us up to date with where we are right now. today was the day of the last ditch efforts actually to come to an agreement so the french and the german economics minister and the you trade commissioner have been talking to the u.s. secretary of commerce and the talks have been going on behind closed doors every day is telling us we d