Cybersecurity

Merkel Says Alleged U.S. Spying Would Breach Allied Trust

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Chancellor Angela Merkel said allegations that a member of Germany’s foreign-intelligence agency sold documents to the U.S. risk undermining trust between the two allies.

If the reports are correct it would be a “serious case,” Merkel said in her first public comments on the matter at a press briefing with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing today.