Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday backed Mexico to press for a successful renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Donald Trump, thanking its government for keeping German interests in mind during the talks.
Germany and Mexico have pursued policies tailored toward exporting manufactured goods, and both ran trade surpluses of more than $60 billion with the United States last year.
The last time Germany worked with Mexico to constrain America, it didn't work out so well for Germany.
My grandfather was deployed to the Mexican border with the New York National Guard back then.
My other grandfather went to Europe in World War I with the Army.
