‘Defend European interests’ in US tariff talks: Macron

AFP | Paris

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French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday condemned US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 30-percent tariffs on the European Union, calling on the bloc to “resolutely defend European interests”.

US President Donald Trump yesterday warned that Mexico and the EU would be slapped with 30-percent tariffs starting on August 1, raising the stakes in already tense negotiations with two of the largest US trading partners.

Expressing France’s “very strong disapproval” of the announcement, Macron called on the bloc to “step up the preparation of credible countermeasures by mobilising all instruments at its disposal” if the two sides failed to reach agreement by August 1.