berlin germany afford give intimidation threats protectionism u.s. president-elect donald trump even would invite repeat bully key conservative ally chancellor angela merkel say tuesday trump warn german car company would impose border tax 35 percent vehicles import u.s. market newspaper interview publish monday norbert roettgen head germany foreign affairs committee parliament say germany must stay true value country one world lead export nations get nearly half gross domestic product export smart thing yield intimidation threats roettgen tell small group foreign reporters ask german industry readiness stand trump take path become object threats intimidation say roettgen leader merkel christian democrats think make sense either germany whole individual company bmw bmwg.de executive say monday carmaker stick plan open mexican plant 2019 despite trump warn border tax german brand vehicles make mexico destine unite state think politically right economically wise stick principles policies germany policy open fair trade roettgen say merkel tell german industry leaders monday would remain commit free trade indirect rebuttal trump comment border tax car import vice chancellor sigmar gabriel respond trump comment many german u.s. automobile streets new york say unite state build good cars tuesday gabriel issue indirect warn trump stoke nationalism promote protectionism nationalism protectionism recipes greatness gabriel say speech berlin unite state germany top trade partner germany must bow trump threats merkel ally say