{"id":142708,"date":"2020-03-18T06:20:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T06:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/merkel-expresses-concern-over-impact-of-border-restrictions-on-eu-trade\/"},"modified":"2020-03-18T06:20:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T06:20:08","slug":"merkel-expresses-concern-over-impact-of-border-restrictions-on-eu-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/merkel-expresses-concern-over-impact-of-border-restrictions-on-eu-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel expresses concern over impact of border restrictions on EU trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday it is \u201ccrucial\u201d to maintain the free flow of goods despite EU countries closing their borders because of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment there are a few difficulties,\u201d Merkel told reporters following a videoconference with other EU leaders, mentioning long wait times for freight transporters at some of the blocs internal borders.<\/p>\n<p>Countries have in past days implemented border checks and travel restrictions inside the EU, with countries from Slovakia to Poland and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/germany-to-partially-close-borders-with-neighbors\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Germany<\/a> reimposing controls in a bid to tackle the spiraling coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to assume there will be very serious consequences for our economy, which is why the free movement of goods is all the more important, because our European single market is based on the division of labor fractured all across Europe,\u201d Merkel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is crucial that goods flow freely,\u201d she added, noting that for example German carmakers heavily depend on supply chains in other EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>During todays videoconference, \u201call parties said they want to address this problem,\u201d Merkel said, adding that leaders agreed they \u201cwill do all they can that the waiting time at th<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/angela-merkel-expresses-concern-over-impact-of-border-coronavirus-restrictions-on-eu-trade\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snap.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/politico-logo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">politico<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday it is \u201ccrucial\u201d to maintain the free flow of goods desp..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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