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Germany says government cannot influence current account surplus with the US

Germany says government cannot influence current account surplus with the US

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Justin Low
26/04/2018 | 08:13 GMT

Comments by a senior German government official via Reuters

Looks like they're already wanting to tone down expectations before Trump meets up with Merkel. In saying that they don't want to reduce their trade surplus with the US.

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