USA: Chancellor Friedrich Mertz will be accepted Thursday by Donald Trump at White House

German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, who took over his duties on May 6, will meet Donald Trump for the first time on Thursday, who will accept him at the White House, German government spokesman Stefani said today. The meeting will take place on the occasion of Mertz’s first official trip to the United States next week, amid tensions associated with Ukraine and the trade war that Donald Trump launched, who imposed or threatened to impose a series of customs duties. The two men will discuss the issue of trade, the situation in the Middle East, “Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine”, and relations between their two countries, the spokesman said. Mertz and Trump have already spoken by phone several times. Due to the importance of exports for its economy, Germany is particularly concerned about the impact of the trade war that Washington started. The first […]
Source: News Beast

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