MESEBERG, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) disagreed on how best to kick-start the global economy ahead of a G7 meeting this month.

While Abe made a characteristic pitch for large-scale stimulus spending, Merkel suggested Germany was already doing enough, pointing to the extra economic activity brought by the arrival of one million refugees and migrants last year.

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