Macron rejects Trump’s tariff threats, defends European sovereignty in Davos

President Emmanuel Macron, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said on Tuesday that France would not capitulate to bullying or attempts to undermine European sovereignty and rejected President Trump’s efforts to put pressure on Europe. Mr. Macron warned that “we are reaching a time of instability and imbalances,” and said the answer was “more cooperation,” not a system that accepts “the law of the strongest.” He accused U.S.

trade decisions that undermine European exports and demand “maximum concessions” of aiming to “weaken and subordinate Europe,” and called the “endless accumulation of new tariffs” “unacceptable,” particularly when used as “leverage against territorial sovereignty.” France is among eight nations Mr.

Trump has threatened with an additional 10 percent tariff on exports to the United States beginning on Feb. 1, rising to 25 percent on June 1 if they do not drop opposition to a proposed U.S. acquisition of Greenland from Denmark. Denmark and Greenland have said they are not interested in ceding Greenland, and the dispute has threatened the NATO alliance; Mr.

Trump has raised the possibility of seizing Greenland by force if Denmark does not agree to cede it, the outlet said. European leaders have reacted with unified outrage and are considering striking back with trade measures using an anti-coercion instrument that could be used to limit major American technology companies.

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