(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, JUL 12 - Germany's economy minister on Saturday called for pragmaticism in European Union tariff negotiations with the United States. US President Donald Trump on Saturday warned that Mexico and the EU would be slapped with 30-percent tariffs starting on August 1, raising the stakes in already tense negotiations with two of the largest US trading partners. "The EU now must, in the time that remains, negotiate in a pragmatic manner a solution with the United States," Germany's economy minister Katherina Reiche said in a statement. "A pragmatic outcome to these negotiations must be reached quickly," she said. (ANSA-AFP).