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Trump’s drug price war with Europe aims to make things cheaper for Americans

Americans pay four times more than Germans for the most expensive drugs developed in the U.S.

By West Cuthbert Fox News

Published June 26, 2026 7:00am EDT

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'Biggest price reductions': Trump touts lower drug costs

President Donald Trump highlights his administration's efforts to lower prescription drug prices while speaking at the Mack Trucks assembly plant in Macungie, Pa.

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Will Europe never learn?

America’s ostensible friends keep taking advantage of us, only to be shocked when President Donald Trump holds them accountable. First, Europe refused to pay for its own defense, until the president threatened to pull out of NATO. Then Europe refused to break unfair barriers to American trade, until the president hit those nations with massive tariffs. Now the Trump administration is targeting Germany for stealing U.S. medicines. The president won’t back down until Germany stops the blatant theft — and starts giving Americans the lower drug prices we deserve.

On June 18, the Trump administration launched a major investigation into German drug pricing. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced this move after Germany proposed........

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