00:00Germany will stay closer to the United States than China despite recent tension.
00:05Foreign Minister Johan Waderpul says Washington remains crucial to European security
00:09and Germany continues to depend on the US even as the relationship faces some strain.
00:18He rejected the idea of pivoting toward Beijing,
00:21warning Europe should not expect its problems to disappear by embracing China as a major partner.
00:27US President Donald Trump's push for US control of Greenland
00:31and criticism of Europe's defence spending has tested transatlantic ties.
00:36Trump has seen dropped threats of additional tariffs and ruled out taking Greenland by force.
00:42But he had previously criticised EU leaders as weak, including calling the bloc irrelevant.
00:49Waderpul said Europe is working to diversify its economic ties,
00:52with the EU moving to accelerate free trade agreements across the Asia-Pacific
00:57including Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Australia.
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