On the eve of his first meeting with US President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Fredrich Merz launched a 46-billion-euro (around $53 billion) package of corporate tax breaks on Wednesday to try to stimulate his country’s sluggish economy. Germany is the Eurozone’s largest economy and it’s struggling to reset after several years of stagnant growth. Host Carolyn Beeler gets reaction from Veronika Grimm, an economist and member of the German Council of Economic Experts, which advises the German government on economic policy.
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