As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, CNN’s Senior International Correspondent, Frederik Pleitgen asks Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner for German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU), how he would deal with President Trump if tariffs were levied on Germany. On Sunday, President Trump said the European Union was an “atrocity” that would be facing tariffs. According to US trade data, the US is the European Union’s second largest trading partner. #CNN #News
German Chancellor candidate on President Trump
