German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschk
BEIJING (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the start of a visit to Beijing on Friday that the China-U.S. trade war was affecting the whole world and she hoped it would be resolved soon.
Germany's firms have been caught in the crossfire of a U.S.-China trade conflict, its economy - Europe's largest - contracted on weaker exports in the second quarter, and leading economists say it is facing a recession, especially after weak industrial data published this week.
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