{
  "id": 15885396,
  "title": "Friedrich Merz: \"We are not in a trade war with China, and we do not want one.\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/friedrich-merz-wir-haben-keinen-handelskrieg-mit-china-und-wir-wollen",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-21T11:48:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/friedrich-merz-wir-haben-keinen-handelskrieg-mit-china-und-wir-wollen-keinen/100263808.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The answer to the new \"wave of protectionism\" cannot be isolation, the Chancellor says. But Germany must be prepared to \"defend\" the economy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}