'Catastrophe': Volkswagen Town Rattled By Trump Trade War

Fuente: International Business Times

The power plant at the headquarters of German carmaker Volkswagen in Wolfsburg AFP The dour mood at Germany's crisis-hit auto giant Volkswagen has given way to angst and fury as US President Donald Trump has escalated a trade war against friends and foes alike. Veteran auto workers who spent decades at the plants of Germany's storied industrial titan fear for the worst since Trump has ramped up a range of import tariffs, sparking global market turmoil. "A catastrophe, terrible," said retired VW autoworker Richard Arnold, 85, expressing a sentiment widely shared in Wolfsburg, where the carmaker is headquartered and which is dominated by the smoke stacks of its own power plant.