Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet the new U.S. president on Thursday, and one issue in particular is weighing on the visit: a new gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea that will deliver Russian gas to Germany. Berlin is seeking to make concessions in Washington to relieve tensions over the project.
Spiegel: The high political costs of Russia’s new pipeline to Germany
In this file photo taken on February 01, 2013 then US Vice-President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) shake hands after addressing journalists at the Chancellery in Berlin. - US President Joe Biden will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel on July 15, 2021 at the White House in Washington.
