U.S. Protectionist Stance Spooks Germany’s Economy

Uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs and trade threats contribute to cooling of country’s export-driven growth

FRANKFURT—President Donald Trump’s trade threats aren’t only hurting feelings in Germany. They are beginning to weigh on the country’s economy.

The European Union’s largest economy, whose export-oriented vigor has kept the continent afloat for more than a decade, is cooling more rapidly than expected in what economists see as the early fallout from protectionist moves by the U.S.

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