French President Emmanuel Macron believes that the imposition of US sanctions against the European Union will harm both Europe and the United States, Macron said in an interview with CNN. "First of all, is the European Union your first problem?
No, I don't think so. Your first problem is China, so you should focus on your first problem. Second, Europe is your ally, and if you want Europe to be more involved in investment and defense and security, which I think is in the interests of the United States, then you don't need to harm the European economy by threatening it with tariffs," the French president said. Macron stressed that there are close ties between the United States and Europe in many areas.
"Tariffs on many areas will raise prices and lead to inflation in the United States. Is that what your people want? "I'm not so sure," Macron added. He also stressed that the European Union is actively purchasing "digital services" from the United States.
"We are a very large buyer of digital services. We cannot ignore digital services when talking about the trade deficit," the French leader believes. Macron stressed that the EU should not wait for events to develop and react to them, but should act based on its own interests.
US President Donald Trump is considering the possibility of imposing a 10% tariff on all goods imported from the EU. However, there is still no complete agreement on this issue in the American administration. Earlier, Trump postponed the imposition of 25% tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada for 1 month. And the additional 10% tariffs on goods imported from China came into force on February 4. China's retaliatory tariffs on American goods went into effect on February 10.
