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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced Saturday his belief that his nation’s economy will experience reduced trade pressures following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that eliminated significant portions of President Donald Trump’s trade policies.<\/p>

During an interview with Germany’s ARD television network, Merz indicated that discussions with Washington officials must occur before German businesses can recover billions in losses. He emphasized that European Union member nations plan to present a unified approach during his planned visit to the United States.<\/p>

“We will have a very clear European position on this, because tariff policy is a matter for the European Union, not individual member states, and I will go to Washington with a coordinated European position,” Merz stated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes his country’s economy will face reduced tariff pressure after a U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down significant portions of President Trump’s trade policies. Merz plans to visit Washington with a unified European position to discuss recovering billions for affected companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771690619913.jpg?fit=450%2C302&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-6oS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22664,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/german-leader-plans-china-partnership-as-trump-pushes-tariffs\/","url_meta":{"origin":24606,"position":0},"title":"German Leader Plans China Partnership as Trump Pushes Tariffs","author":"Admin","date":"February 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced plans to pursue strategic partnerships with China during an upcoming visit, as tensions rise over President Trump's tariff policies. 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