German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met representatives of business and trade unions in Berlin on Monday to chart a course through difficult economic conditions amid rising prices. “We are facing an historic challenge,” Scholz said after the meeting, as he made clear that the government was seeking to avoid a recession in cooperation with employers. “The current crisis will not pass in a few months,” Scholz said, pointing to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and supply chains disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic as the main causes for general uncertainty. “We have to get used to the idea that this si…