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Germany's Merz says EU to shape better offer as global trade order comes under pressure

Global Published 30 October 2026, 08:23 · archived 30 Oct 2026

SEOUL: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ​said on Friday that the European Union will ‌take the lead in shaping a better offer when free trade and the rules-based trading order come under pressure. “We want ​to offer opportunities beyond bilateral agreements,” Merz told ​the Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business in Seoul. Germany ⁠was willing to act with like-minded partners in Europe ​and elsewhere to defend and further develop the rules-based ​global economic order, Merz said. He said that many countries owed their prosperity to international trade and were unwilling to give it ​up. Merz...

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