Trump and Merkel "addressed climate issues, the Women's Entrepreneurship Financing Initiative and trade, including global steel overcapacity," the White House said in a statement yesterday following their "extensive discussion."
"The president said that he looks forward to helping Chancellor Merkel make the summit a success," it said.
In a separate statement, the White House said Trump also spoke by phone with Italy's Gentiloni about the G20 gathering, and expressed his "appreciation for the prime minister's efforts in hosting the exceptional G7 Summit in May."
The White House statement came ahead of the gathering of the world's 20 leading economic powers in Hamburg on Friday and Saturday.
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