03 June, 2017
Her foreign minister, a political rival, upped the rhetoric Monday by declaring that with Trump's policies, "the West has become smaller". "Very bad for US This will change", Trump said on his Twitter account.
"The times when we could fully rely on others are to some extent over", Merkel said.
Addressing an election campaign in Bavaria, Merkel on Sunday said that following Trump's election and Brexit, Europeans "really have to take destiny into their own hands". While China upstaged France and the U.S.as Germany's biggest trade partner a year ago, according to Germany's Federal Statistics Office, the USA remains the world's biggest buyer of German goods, with imports worth EUR106.9 billion ($119.9 billion) in 2016.
The chancellor went on to say that the German government and Germany as a whole would continue to meet its obligations under the agreement, and live up to its commitments towards assisting developing countries with the challenges they faced with regard to global warming. "I think the relationship that the president has had with Merkel he would describe as fairly unbelievable", said White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer at his daily press briefing. But it's a process that must accelerate more rapidly to reach the 2% threshold before Trump's term ends.
Merkel also addressed the issue of civil rights.
Donald Trump reacts to Angela Merkel comments about the unreliability of the United States under Trump. For the Obama team, the picture was quite clear: If the European allies wanted to be taken seriously by the USA, they would need to increase defense spending and take on more security responsibilities in Europe and its peripheries. "And above all else, we must not submit to Trump's arms-race logic".
China's prime minister underscored Germany's importance by stopping in its capital for two days of talks before going on to the European Union headquarters in Brussels, where Trump made such a poor impression last week. America's trade deficit with China, at $310 billion, was the only one larger.
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Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said repeatedly in an interview that the United States would support its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies, in answer to questions about President Trump's comments during his European visit.
US officials have denied Mr. Trump's criticism of Germany reflected skepticism about free trade in general but concern that other nations enjoyed an unfair advantage when exporting into the open American market, while not giving USA companies the same access to theirs.
France, Germany and Italy have mooted the idea of allowing the EU to block Chinese investment in Europe, partly because European companies are denied similar access in China and because of risks of China acquiring prized European technology.In reply, Li said China was working hard to promote a trade balance, with Chinese tourism to Europe now far greater than EU tourism in China.
Merkel on Saturday labelled the result of the "six against one" discussion "very hard, not to say very unsatisfactory".
"I've never seen her in 12 years give up on anything", she said.
