Merkel responds to Trump, stating that Spain's trade relations are inseparable

Metz 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 in a particularly bad way on this issue. If we are to achieve some result, we all must achieve it together, and Spain is an inseparable part of that."

"I did not intend to publicly delve deeply into this discussion or potentially escalate the conflict further."

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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