Merkel`s ‘Germany First` ignores Biden`s wishes
(WorldNews Germany)

Much has been said about Donald Trump`s having left his successor Joe Biden with last-minute foreign policy decisions that would preempt the new president`s own priorities. But who would have guessed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who welcomed Trump`s replacement by the more like-minded Biden, would do the same thing? Take Biden`s possible efforts to change US and global trade terms with China. He wanted to consult with the European Union and other allies and move in concert. Instead, Merkel moved quickly to sign a new trade and investment deal with China in the name of the EU. Negotiations had been going on for seven years, but both Merkel and China`s President Xi Jinping wanted it...