FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble talks to reporters in Baden-Baden, Germany, March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Germany's finance minister is optimistic about reaching a "non-confrontational solution" on trade with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration at a summit this summer, he said on Friday after meeting his U.S. counterpart in Washington.
Trump's administration has threatened to impose measures to restrict imports and verbally attacked Germany for running a large trade surplus with the United States and benefiting from a weak euro.
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