With both countries locked in an increasingly bitter trade spat with the United States,… Germany and China have stressed their commitment to pursue multilateralism in trade. <br /> Speaking during a joint news conference after meeting in Berlin on Monday,... German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said,.... fighting protectionism is necessary in the pursuit of free trade.<br />The two countries also agreed to stick to World Trade Organization rules.<br />The show of unity comes just a matter of days after the Trump administration imposed..... 25 percent tariffs on 34-billion U.S. dollars worth of Chinese goods.<br />During the meeting,... the two countries also signed commercial deals worth more than 20-billion dollars.... and agreed to open their domestic markets for foreign investors. <br />