Merkel to Enlist Trump, Warns of ‘Protectionist Tendencies’
- Chancellor says she’ll encourage Trump to seek common ground
- No meeting with Trump scheduled yet ahead of inauguration
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’ll try to encourage President-elect Donald Trump to join other nations to address the global economy as she warned against the looming risk of protectionism this year.
As Germany takes the chairmanship of the Group of 20 advanced industrial nations, Merkel said it was the G-20’s commitment to finding a common solution that rescued the world from the financial crisis in the last decade. She said her government “will of course seek out discussions” with Trump in that context.