German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has welcomed the agreement reached in the customs dispute between the European Union and the US. "With the agreement, we have succeeded in averting a trade conflict that would have hit the export-oriented German economy hard,

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with his German Defense counterpart, Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius on July 14 and reaffirmed the strong relations between the two NATO allies.

Some 70% of Americans described relations between the US and Germany as good, while 73% of Germans said the relationship is bad – which Pew says is a “sharp elevation in negative assessments ...

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As Angela Merkel, the longtime former chancellor of Germany, said in November 2024, the looming second Trump presidency “is a challenge to the world, especially for multilateralism.”

BERLIN — When Germany and China launched their government consultations a decade ago, Angela Merkel was still chancellor and their relations seemed an endless opportunity for trade and profit.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that the compromise reached in the tariff dispute between the European Union and the United States will severely impact Germany's export-oriented economy. "The German economy will suffer significant damage from these tariffs,