A lot is at stake as Germany is in search of global partners after the US has relinquished much of its longstanding ...

Mr Merz will head to Beijing (as well as Hangzhou, a tech hotspot) acknowledging that China has taken its place among the world’s great powers. But his visit will be shaped by the darkening mood at ...

Friedrich Merz to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing, with goods worth €251bn traded between two countries in 2025 ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will begin a two-day official visit to China on Wednesday, marking his first trip to the country since taking office in May last year. Merz is also the first foreign ...

Chancellor must strike a balance between those wanting a toned-down Brussels trade policy and those backing tougher action against Beijing.

With German Chancellor Friedrich Merz set to kick off his first official visit to Beijing since taking office, new trade data ...

Germany aims to find “the right balance of cooperation” with China. The visit comes at a critical time for German car makers ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit China next week for talks with President Xi Jinping centred on trade between the top EU economy and the Asian giant, Berlin said. Merz leaves Berlin Tuesday ...

During his campaign, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signaled a radical change from previous leaders’ cheerleading for trade ...

With empires jostling for power, Germany’s China strategy could determine Europe’s future — if it can play the great powers ...

As Germany pushes forward with a trillion euro-expansion of its military, the federal government is starting to worry about ...

Daniela Schwarzer argues that Chancellor Friedrich Merz must convey just one message during his upcoming visit to Beijing.