German Economics Minister Brigitte Zypries

Germany tells EU to prepare countermeasures against US sanctions

The German government has again weighed in with strong criticism of the latest US sanctions bill.
The latest comments have come from German Economics Minister Brigitte Zypries, who is reported by Reuters to have said the following

We consider this as being against international law, plain and simple.  Of course we don’t want a trade war. But it is important the European Commission now looks into countermeasures.