
European leaders are preparing for a showdown on trade when they meet Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg next month.
“Whoever believes that the world’s problems can be solved by isolationism and protectionism is mistaken,” Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, told her parliament on Thursday.
French president Emmanuel Macron chimed in: “If free trade is questioned by a member state then we need to address this.”
He added that he hopes “others will see reason” on issues like climate change and terrorism, which require multilateral cooperation.
Europe and the United States account for half the world’s economic output and a third of its trade. Read more “In Era of Trump, Europeans Become Free Traders”