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Trump, having called Merkel's policies 'insane' earlier, now praised the German chancellor as 'brilliant' (Photo: g7.gc.ca)

Germany hopes for quick EU-US trade deal

Germany wants the EU to reach a trade agreement with the US as quickly as possible, German chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters on Monday (26 August).

"We want to come as quickly as possible to an agreement between the European Union and the United States because this is obviously of very great interest also to us, to enhance the trade relations between the EU and the US," Merkel said at a press conference with US president Donald Trump on the sidelines of a summit of G7 leaders in ...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Trump, having called Merkel's policies 'insane' earlier, now praised the German chancellor as 'brilliant' (Photo: g7.gc.ca)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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