Will Germany Come to China’s Rescue?

Will the dominant economy in Europe choose a future with China over one with the US?

Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel (L) gives a speech next to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 6, 2019. Andrea Verdelli/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

With President Trump in London to discuss the future of NATO, the future of the Eurozone itself is unclear. Germany finds itself rising to a great power position it hasn’t known in almost 65 years. This emerging reality is due in part to a very messy, on-again, off-again Brexit divorce, as well as deteriorating relations with the United States.