Trump-led US must stick to international trade deals - German Finance Minister

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble at the CDU party convention in Essen yesterday. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Washington must stick to international agreements under the presidency of Donald Trump, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said.

Trump - now hours away from his inauguration - has vowed to make sweeping changes to U.S. trade policy, and economists see his protectionism as the biggest risk to U.S. growth.