Bertrand Benoit

1 day ago | wsj.com | Bertrand Benoit |Alex Ward

Friedrich Merz, Germany's straight-laced new chancellor, is a former businessman. (Kay Nietfeld/Zuma Press)Germany’s new chancellor has a mission when he meets President Trump: keeping him invested in the fate of Europe. Friedrich Merz is the latest leader from the continent to travel to the White House in recent weeks, part of a campaign to cajole Trump into striking a trade deal with the European Union, among other goals.

1 day ago | cn.wsj.com | Bertrand Benoit

德国新任总理将于本周四首度赴白宫椭圆形办公室与美国总统特朗普(Donald Trump)会晤，其核心使命是确保特朗普持续关注欧洲局势发展。近期，欧洲多国领导人接连造访白宫，展开协调一致的外交行动，旨在说服特朗普政府支持对俄实施新制裁、与欧盟达成贸易协定，并重申美国对欧洲的安全承诺。德国总理弗里德里希·默茨(Friedrich Merz)是最新一位到访的欧洲领导人。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

1 day ago | wsj.com | Bertrand Benoit |Alex Ward

Trade, defense and Ukraine will dominate when Chancellor Merz, President Trump meet at White HouseGermany’s new chancellor will have a mission when he meets President Trump in the Oval Office for the first time Thursday: keeping him invested in the fate of Europe.

3 days ago | jp.wsj.com | Bertrand Benoit

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6 days ago | wsj.com | Bertrand Benoit

Entrepreneurs warn that the country’s thicket of red tape has grown so dense it could choke a planned $1.1 trillion stimulus packageWorkers at Nordwolle’s factory in Teplitz, Germany. Six years ago, Marco Scheel bought a 200-year-old estate in the hamlet of Teplitz on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. After years of renovation that turned the stone-and-brick ruin into a tasteful company headquarters, Nordwolle, his organic outdoor clothing business, moved in.