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TOKYO -- International challenges "can be solved only through multilateralism," former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, sharing her thoughts on U.S. President Donald Trump and on Russia's war in Ukraine. [1]

Your Thoughts … ဂျာမနီ အဓိပတိ Angela Merkel Your Thoughts … No Result View All Result Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burm... [2]

TOKYO -- German chancellor Angela Merkel's announcement of her planned departure from power was as unflamboyant as the woman herself. [3]

TOKYO -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe found common ground in their approach to the Ukraine crisis at a summit here Monday but failed to see eye to eye on Japan's handling of its wartime past. [4]

TOKYO -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Japan Monday for the first time in three years as Berlin looks to dial back a diplomatic and economic strategy heavily focused on China and strengthen ties with a like-minded free-trade advocate. [5]

BERLIN -- After years of shaping its Asian strategy around China, Germany has made a sharp break and will focus instead on stronger partnerships with democracies in the region such as Japan and South Korea to promote the rule of law. [6]

BEIJING -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel encouraged Chinese companies to invest in her country during a visit to Beijing on Friday, and China's leaders reciprocated with a similar call to Germany's businesses. [7]

BERLIN (Reuters) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reservations about the way President Donald Trump's Twitter account was suspended, her spokesman said, adding that legislators, not private companies, should decide on any necessary curbs to fre... [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-05-28 · 75% match

Multilateralism is the only way to solve the world's problems, Merkel says

TOKYO -- International challenges "can be solved only through multilateralism," former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, sharing her thoughts on U.S. President Donald Trump and on Russia's war in Ukraine.

[2] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2020-10-29 · 75% match

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Your Thoughts … ဂျာမနီ အဓိပတိ Angela Merkel Your Thoughts … No Result View All Result Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burm

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-10-31 · 75% match

Asia will miss the globalist Merkel

TOKYO -- German chancellor Angela Merkel's announcement of her planned departure from power was as unflamboyant as the woman herself.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-03-10 · 75% match

Japan, Germany on same page on Russia but not Asia

TOKYO -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe found common ground in their approach to the Ukraine crisis at a summit here Monday but failed to see eye to eye on Japan's handling of its wartime past.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-02-05 · 75% match

Merkel courts Abe as Berlin rethinks China-centric stance

TOKYO -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Japan Monday for the first time in three years as Berlin looks to dial back a diplomatic and economic strategy heavily focused on China and strengthen ties with a like-minded free-trade advocate.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-09-09 · 75% match

Germany ends China honeymoon with new Indo-Pacific strategy

BERLIN -- After years of shaping its Asian strategy around China, Germany has made a sharp break and will focus instead on stronger partnerships with democracies in the region such as Japan and South Korea to promote the rule of law.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-09-07 · 75% match

Merkel and Xi focus on trade, urging cross-border investments

BEIJING -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel encouraged Chinese companies to invest in her country during a visit to Beijing on Friday, and China's leaders reciprocated with a similar call to Germany's businesses.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-01-12 · 75% match

Germany has reservations on Trump Twitter ban: Merkel spokesman

BERLIN (Reuters) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reservations about the way President Donald Trump's Twitter account was suspended, her spokesman said, adding that legislators, not private companies, should decide on any necessary curbs to fre

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-01-04 · 75% match

Squeezed by China and US, Germany faces key Huawei decision

HAMBURG, Germany -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's government faces a critical decision in the new year over what role Chinese tech titan Huawei Technologies should be allowed to play in the rollout of 5G in Europe's largest economy.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-09-28 · 75% match

Merkel's CDU election loss set to complicate Germany-China ties

HAMBURG, Germany -- The election defeat of the outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union is set to complicate relations between Europe's biggest economy and China.

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