{"id":420503,"date":"2017-01-22T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=420503"},"modified":"2017-01-22T10:56:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T08:56:31","slug":"merkel-confident-she-can-find-trade-compromise-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2017\/01\/merkel-confident-she-can-find-trade-compromise-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel Confident She Can Find Trade \u2018Compromise\u2019 With Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"NewsHub\"$ German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spent hours studying U. S. President Donald Trump\u2019s rhetoric as she prepares to negotiate on trade and military spending.
Merkel said she will strive to keep relations between the U. S. and Europe intact as she addressed a news conference Saturday. The chancellor said Trump \u201cmade his convictions clear in his inauguration speech\u201d and that she will now seek to \u201cexchange ideas with respect.\u201d (RELATED: Top German Official: Americans \u2018Radicalized\u2019 Into Voting For Trump)
\u201cI say two things with regards to this: First, I believe firmly that it is best for all of us if we work together based on rules, common values and joint action in the international economic system, in the international trade system, and make our contributions to the military alliances,\u201d Merkel said. \u201cAnd second, the transatlantic relationship will not be less important in the coming years than it was in past years. And I will work on that.\u201d
Trump recently called Merkel\u2019s open-border refugee policy a \u201ccatastrophic mistake\u201d and threatened to impose a 35-percent tariff on German car imports to the U. S. (RELATED: Trump Again Calls NATO \u2018Obsolete,\u2019 Slams Merkel\u2019s Immigration Policy As A \u2018Catastrophic Mistake\u2019)
Merkel is still confident she can find common ground with Trump, despite their different opinions on key issues like trade and the NATO alliance; she hopes to meet in Washington, D. C., as soon as possible.
\u201cEven when there are different opinions, compromises and solutions can be best found when we exchange ideas with respect,\u201d Merkel said.
She has allegedly watched hours of Trump\u2019s campaign speeches to prepare for his presidency and took notes on his successful way of communicating with the people, Bloomberg reported Saturday , citing two people familiar with her preparations.
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