Merz warns Trump against surprise deals at US-China-Russia summit

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned US President Donald Trump against making surprise deals at an upcoming trilateral summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging him to stand with European allies on Ukraine. The meeting, scheduled for next week at the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, will mark the first trilateral talks between the three leaders, with nuclear disarmament officially on the agenda. Merz expressed concerns that the leaders might also discuss the Ukraine war and pursue their own interests. Speaking at an EU summit in Dublin, Merz appealed to Trump to "play on Team Europe" and work together for genuine peace in Ukraine. He warned the meeting could become a "second Anchorage moment," referencing Trump's 2025 summit with Putin in Alaska, which yielded no breakthrough.


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