The former Chancellor of Germany, head of Department, shareholders of the organization of Nord Stream Gerhard Schroeder criticized the U.S. for trying to stop construction of the pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ", and Also called for more independent from the capital of the US trade policy of Germany. He said in an interview to the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. "It is They (the Americans - ed.) do not because of his love for the Ukraine, but because they themselves want to supply gas to Germany - liquefied gas, which is worse in quality, but more expensive than pipeline gas," said Schroeder. The politician also criticized Washington for what he requires from Berlin to restrict trade with certain countries. In his vision, a sovereign state cannot allow US determine with whom to trade, otherwise Germany soon anyone will have the economic ties that its dependence on exports, according to the Former Chancellor, is unacceptable. While Schroeder has noticed that is not anti-American, however, said that his strategy in foreign policy was to achieve and maintain relative independence from North America. before Schroeder very quickly criticized the trade policy of the United States, urging Berlin to look for other allies. The project "Northern stream-2" involves the construction of 2 pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. Against the project actively support Ukraine, which fears to lose the income from the transit of gas from Russia, several European countries, including Poland, Latvia and Lithuania and Also the USA, promoting the EU's own liquefied natural gas. They called the project the political and threatening Europe's energy security. <span style="color:darkgray