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The ministry
expects "shrinking gross domestic product, fewer jobs and higher
unemployment," in the United States if the Republican candidate
were to implement his campaign pledges, the magazine cited the
memo as saying.
Trump, a billionaire businessman seeking his first public
office, has proposed tax cuts worth $4.4 trillion and wants to
curb government regulation and take a tougher stance on
negotiating trade deals.
He says his economic plan would produce annual economic growth
of 3.5 percent and create 25 million jobs over a decade. But
some economists have questioned the assumptions underpinning the
plan.
Trump's pledges are "not feasible", Spiegel cited the memorandum
as saying. Moreover, the plans would violate international or
U.S. law and could be "no basis for a realistic economic
policy."
A spokeswoman for the German Economy Ministry declined to
comment on the Spiegel report.
Last month, economic research firm Oxford Economics projected
the U.S. economy could be $1 trillion smaller than otherwise
expected in 2021 if Trump becomes president.
Trump faces Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 election.
(Writing by Caroline Copley; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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