{"id":148618,"date":"2026-03-26T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148618"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:00:51","slug":"germanys-merz-floats-eu-china-trade-deal-as-capitals-soften-on-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148618","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Merz floats EU-China trade deal as capitals soften on Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he can imagine a trade deal with China in the future, signalling a new softening stance towards Beijing in European capitals.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have set quite a lot in motion when it comes to trade policy. I can also envisage further agreements, for example, in the longer term an agreement with the People\u2019s Republic of China,\u201d Merz said in the German parliament on Wednesday.<br \/>\nMerz\u2019s remarks underscore how surging trade and geopolitical tensions with Washington are&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3348030\/germanys-merz-floats-eu-china-trade-deal-capitals-soften-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he can imagine a trade deal with China in the future, signalling a new softening stance towards Beijing&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148618"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}