German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Saturday he will hold talks with European allies on a joint response to US tariffs, ahead of a visit to Washington to meet President Donald Trump. “We will have a very clear European position on this, because customs policy is a matter for the European Union, not for individual member states,” Merz told the ARD broadcaster. “I will be in Washington in just over a week,” he added. “And I will go to Washington with a common European position.”Trump on Friday imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on imports into the United States after after the Supreme Court had struck down many ... (full story)