Germany has 'great trust' in VW to clear up all affairs

Germany's Economy Ministry has "great trust" that carmaker Volkswagen will clear up all allegations and achieve a solution with U.S. authorities in the car emissions probe. "We see that VW is a very strong, important company and have greatest trust that it will handle the whole informing process in the best manner and that it will yield good results in the USA," a spokesman of the Economy Ministry told a regular news conference on Friday. Volkswagen faces an ongoing U.S. criminal investigation.