Merkel urges United States to stick to international cooperation

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters


Sat Jan 14, 2017 | 9:45am EST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged the United States to stick to multilateral cooperation, saying a trend towards protectionism was a risk to prosperity.

The United States is Germany's most important trading partner and the protectionist rhetoric of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has unnerved exporters in Europe's biggest economy. Germany holds the presidency of the G20 leading economies this year, a platform Merkel wants to use to safeguard multilateral cooperation.

Speaking after a meeting of senior members of her center-right CDU party in the western German town of Perl-Nennig, Merkel said all countries were better off if they worked together instead of isolating themselves.

A good example was the international response after the global financial crisis that started in the United States in 2008, Merkel said. "The response to the financial crisis was not a response that was based on isolation, but a response that was based on cooperation, on common rules of regulation, including the financial markets," Merkel said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-g20-merkel-idUSKBN14Y0JP

[Renew Deal]

1. The response to the financial crisis was based on isolation

of Greece to the direct benefit of Germany. She's a hypocrite

[Hoyt]

2. Shame Merkel even has to say that.

[kimbutgar]

3. Sadly this will fall on deaf ears

Putin's puppet takes his orders from Putin and Putin wants to get rid of Merkel. I see her getting the Hillary style attack in Germany by the alt right.

[hedda_foil]

4. I have to agree BUT...

Angela Merkel knows damn well what Trump is and who he's working for. German intelligence agencies have always been top-notch. I'm betting that she has every spy she's got out looking for those tapes. Germany is in grave danger and she's well aware that his presidency will disrupt the world order and almost certainly lead to nuclear war sooner or later, but most likely the former.

[kimbutgar]

5. You're right she saw what happened here and is on top of it.

Sad we couldn't have a smart woman president.