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Macron says US and EU are wasting time on tariff threats as Trump fumes over Germany
Macron urged stability as Trump said he would raise EU auto tariffs to 25%, a move that could further strain the global economy.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced plans to increase tariffs on European Union cars and trucks to 25%, a move threatening to further harm the global economy as it reels from Middle East conflicts.
- Trump justifies the tariff hike by accusing the European Union of "not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal," though the Supreme Court this year invalidated the legal authority for the previous 15% ceiling.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, representing 27 member countries, stated "we are prepared for every scenario" if the United States proceeds with tariff threats.
- In Yerevan, Armenia, French President Emmanuel Macron warned Tuesday that "the European Union has instruments that would then need to be activated" if trade agreements are challenged.
- Trade officials met in Paris on Tuesday to address the dispute, which intensified after Trump expressed frustration with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding Iran and United States policy.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said today that Europe and the United States have more important things to do than waste time on threats of tariff increases. On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced that he was going to increase charges on cars and trucks from the EU to 25% this week, a measure that can further harm the world economy, trying to recover from the war in the Middle East. "Especially in the geopolitical period that we are in.
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C 33%
R 42%
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