Merkel responds to Trump's remarks: Spain is indivisible in trade negotiations

Mertz responded to Trump's claim of completely terminating trade relations with Spain after their meeting:

"I have made everything very clear. There is no reason to treat Spain particularly badly in this matter. If we are to achieve some result, we all achieve it together, and Spain is an inseparable part of it."

"I did not intend to publicly discuss this in depth or further escalate the conflict."

I told him: First of all, Spain is a member of the EU. As an EU member, it can only negotiate tariff agreements with the US together with the EU - otherwise there would be no negotiations at all.

He especially linked criticism to NATO fees.

But this has nothing to do with the efforts we Europeans have made to reach a trade agreement."

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