Trade Talk Shows Trump, Merkel Have Little Common Ground
- Trump praises German trade negotiators for beating U.S.
- Merkel explains that EU, not her government, has trade remit
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Donald Trump’s and Angela Merkel’s rhetoric on global trade showed no sign that the two leaders are anywhere close to finding common ground.
In their first meeting at the White House since Trump’s inauguration as president, Trump reprised his complaints that the U.S. had been treated “very, very unfairly” and poured loaded praise over German trade officials for besting their American counterparts.