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German finance minister warns of retaliation if U.S. kicks off trade war newsthirst.
Christian Lindner, Germany’s finance minister, during a meeting Janet Yellen, US treasury secretary, not pictured, at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Friday warned that if the U.S. kicked off…