German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold confidential talks on Friday in Washington with U.S. President Joe Biden about Russia's war in Ukraine, China and other matters amid signs of strains between the transatlantic partners
"Both of the leaders wanted this to be a working-level meeting, wanted it to be very much a get down into the weeds, focused on the issues of Ukraine," the official said.sanctions
Germany, which has typically taken a much less hawkish stance on China, its top trading partner, than the United States, has suggested China could play a role in bringing about peace - a prospect many China observers view with skepticism. "The Biden administration will use the Scholz visit to try to shift Germany’s balance in the direction of stronger pushback."The White House said last month that Scholz's visit was an opportunity to "reaffirm the deep bonds of friendship between the United States and our NATO ally Germany."
“The setting is not a sign of crisis. It is an opportunity to deepen the personal relationship between both leaders," said Sudha David-Wilp, head of the Berlin bureau of the German Marshall Fund think tank. Critics say the IRA was a slap in the face to Europe from its biggest ally at a time when Europe was already struggling with sharply higher energy prices due to the Ukraine war.
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