The U.S. and Germany must stand "side by side" in handling the coronavirus pandemic, fighting global warming and terrorism, and in working for "an open global economy and free trade," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday.
President-elect Joe Biden brings decades of experience in domestic and foreign policy to the job, and "he knows Germany and Europe well," Merkel said in her first comments in person on the election outcome. The chancellor had congratulated Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in writing on Saturday.