FRANKFURT, Germany, July 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The 15-percent tariff that the United States will apply to exports of cars from the European Union as part of a deal announced late Sunday "burdens" Germany's carmakers, an industry group said Monday.

"The US tariff rate of 15 percent, which also applies to automotive products, will cost German automotive companies billions annually and burdens them", said Hildegard Mueller, president of Germany's main auto industry group, the VDA.