There is no right to trade with the US, or with anyone else.

If the US wants to impose a tariff to nations that do X, that does not mean that the US is forcing these nations to do anything. They can pay the tarrif, change their behavior, or sell their goods elsewhere. Or they can charge a counter-tarrif -- oops, not if they are an export-dependent economy they can't. That's the crux of the issue.

Germany needs to pay their own workers enough so the German economy is not dependent on exporting a 1/3 of their GDP each year just to maintain domestic employment.

Obviously when you create an economy that crashes the moment others stop letting you run massive trade surpluses, then you are effectively handing your sovereignty over to your trading partners.

Whining about that and blaming your trading partners for using the power Germany has given them seems a bit naive.

Germany will never be sovereign as long as it is an export-dependent economy.

My landlord raised my rent this year. Are they not allowing me to live in my apartment?

Are you with a straight face equating consequences of breaking the law (fines and jailtime) with paying rent?

No, I'm making it obvious that collecting fees does not constitute forcing someone to do something.

stop dating this girl or i will raise the rent x10. my english is not that good, but 'forcing' does not seem far.. maybe 'coercing' fits better, but the idea is very similar, make somebody do stuff against their will.

You're not allowed to break the speed limit even if you pay the fine. You are allowed to live in your apartment if you pay the demanded rent.

> You are allowed to live in your apartment if you pay the demanded rent.

ding ding ding. Germany is allowed to build whatever pipelines they want, they just also might have to pay US trade sanctions. Without a threat of force, we are not forcing them to do anything.

that sentense doesn't even make sence, you don't 'pay' senctions