Juncker says Trump was not aggressive on German trade surplus


  • World
  • Friday, 26 May 2017

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker chairs a meeting of the EU executive body in Brussels, Belgium May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

TAORMINA, Italy (Reuters) - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker denied on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump had aggressively condemned German trade policies during at meeting in Brussels on Thursday.

German media reports said Trump had denounced Berlin's policies as "very bad" and had signalled that he wanted to limit sales of German cars in the United States.

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