Increase in customs duties: Macron wants a "position of firmness", Europe still hopes to negotiate

After Donald Trump's brutal decision, Emmanuel Macron organized a meeting this Thursday with the sectors concerned, but the response to the American club coup will come from the European Union, which intends to continue to discuss with Washington.

The French President met Thursday afternoon at the Elysée with representatives of the sectors concerned by the tariff measures announced by the United States.

Since the Elysée, where it brought together representatives of the major export sectors and the employers, on Thursday, April 3, the President said that pharmacy, timber and semiconductors will soon also be overtaxed by the United States, "at least 25%".

At a meeting at the Elysée with representatives of the sectors most affected by the new tariffs announced by Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron presented the European response plan.

French President Emmanuel Macron today assessed the decision of the US administration of Donald Trump to introduce customs measures "as harsh and unfounded" and added that these measures are "extremely serious for the European economy".

French President Macron described Trump's tariffs on the EU as "cruel and unfounded." Saying that "Americans will be poorer than yesterday," Macron announced that Europe was preparing for retaliation.