Von der Leyen calls tariffs ‘a major blow to world economy’ while calling for last-ditch negotiations

European leaders have condemned Donald Trump’s tariffs as “fundamentally wrong” and creating an “immense difficulty for Europe”, while appealing for last-ditch negotiations to avert an all-out trade war.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said Trump’s decision to impose tariffs was “brutal and unfounded” and appeared to call for a suspension of French investment in the US until the tariffs were clarified.

“Future investments, investments announced in the last weeks, should be suspended for a time for as long as the situation with the United States is not clarified,” Macron told a meeting of French companies.

  • Viri4thus@feddit.orgEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    We should do one better and tax companies that moved to the US, starting 2025, 90%. We make it economic suicide to move to dumbfuckistan.

  • Eat_Your_Paisley@lemm.eeEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    The EU needs to suspended all investment in the US then disentangle any current investment, the only way to solve this issue is to isolate.