to go into effect this friday eve trade commissioner cecilia amounts to german economy minister peter altmire i expected to meet this week with wilbur ross of the u.s. commerce secretary new trade representatives failed to win a permanent exception to the u.s. terrorists at the start of this month he'll policymakers say they will introduce counter measures that could damage economies on both sides of the atlantic if they do not get a permanent exception german chancellor angela merkel said on monday that she is willing to continue negotiations and hopes that there won't be a need for retaliatory measures. chance in their group using the opportunities of globalization well that the same time reducing the risks is something we can best achieve together but instead of that we see that multilateral initiatives are being questioned international agreements and institutions are being weakened solutions that have already been found i'm not finding support and you know lecture of the approaches are being launched this is worrying. so the chancellor is worried and for more i am now joined by the econo