By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, aiming to revive growth in Europe's largest economy just as a global trade war threatens recession.

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has unveiled a new coalition deal between the country’s two major centrist parties in a bold and optimistic speech in Berlin on Wednesday, hours after it was announced that an agreement to form a new government had been reached.

The chancellor-in-waiting's conservatives have reached a coalition agreement with Germany's Social Democrats, five months after the last government collapsed.

Germany’s two major centrist parties have reached a coalition deal, the culmination of weeks of negotiations after the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged as winner in February’s federal election.

Germany's conservative CSU approved a coalition deal with its CDU sister party and the Social Democrats (SPD) on Thursday, a day after they presented a programme to revive growth in Europe's biggest economy and take a tougher line on migration.

Germany's conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), one of the three partners in the incoming national government, has approved the parties' coalition agreement, dpa learnt on Thursday, one day after it was presented in Berlin.

Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, said U.S. President Donald Trump's pause of tariffs for 90 days was evidence of a united European approach to trade having a positive effect, and called for tariff-free U.

The next German governing coalition was formally unveiled in Berlin on Wednesday, paving the way for a new administration under conservative leader Friedrich Merz. "The future government, the future coalition,

Germany's conservatives under Friedrich Merz reach a deal with the Social Democrats to govern Europe's biggest economy.