Macron and Merkel May Find They Can Agree With Trump on China
- EU’s most powerful leaders plan trips to Washington this month
- Deadline for U.S. waiver on metals tariffs expires on May 1
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron will attempt a pincer movement on Donald Trump, with China emerging as the likely target of their joint effort to avert a trade war with the U.S.
The leaders of Europe’s two biggest economies will visit the president in Washington within days of each other this month as the clock ticks down to a May 1 deadline for European Union proposals to stop the U.S. from imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum.