German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was important not to divide the world with new trade barriers, as everyone benefits from globalisation, after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Mexico,

With less than four weeks before Germany’s federal election, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative challenger Friedrich Merz, who is leading polls, will take their contentious battle over how to crack down on illegal migration to parliament.

While reaffirming Germany’s commitment to economic ties with the US, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasised that the first priority should be “not to divide up the world with many tariff barriers.”