Macron calls on the European Union to “defend European interests firmly” from Trump’s tariff Trump’s tariff star-news.press/wp

French President Emmanuel Macron called on the European Union to “defend European interests firmly” after Donald Trump threatened to impose a 30 % tariff on almost all imports from the European Union.

He said that the European Union should be ready for a trade war and stand in front of the American president, who was only expected last week to agree to the customs tariff agreement by 10 % in principle with the bloc.

Macron said on social media: “It is more left than ever to the committee to confirm the union’s decision to defend European interests firmly,” said Macron on social media. “In particular, this means accelerating the preparation of reliable anti -measures, by filling out all the tools at their disposal, including fighting sustenance, if no agreement is reached by August 1.”

The other European leaders called for calm, including in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland. But it reflects the shock about the mass due to Trump’s threat, the influential German Industries Union (BDI) said that Trump’s announcement was “an invitation to wake up to the industry on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.”

Macron’s call to prepare for the trade war came unlike Berlin, which urged a “pragmatic” response. “The European Union must now, while it remains, to negotiate a pragmatic way with the United States,” Katherina Reish, Minister of Economy in Germany, said in a statement. “A pragmatic result of these negotiations must be reached quickly.”

Georgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, who has good relations with Trump, said in a statement that a “fair agreement” could be reached. She said, “It will not make sense to raise a trade war between both sides of the Atlantic.”

The Dutch Prime Minister, Dick Show, said on social media that the European Union “must remain united and firm” in its goal to reach a “useful” mutual deal with the United States.

“There was no need to escalate the situation,” said Deputy Prime Minister Ireland, Simon Harris.

The ambassadors in Brussels meet on Sunday to discuss tactics before a scheduled summit for commercial ministers on Monday, when the sections may be emphasized in the approach.

The threat of a 30 % customs tariff is seen as negotiation tactics, but behind the scenes, there is anger with many viewers as a dangerous via Atlantic game in a time of serious global instability.

The last Salvo of Trump is in line with the claim of “Tahrir’s Day” in April that the European Union was receiving 39 % unfair duties on American imports, a widely doubtful analysis, as European Union officials point to about 2.5 %.

Some European Parliament members have warned that if they started accepting “illegal” definitions as the new rule, Trump will return to more. “It is important to show that the European Union is not a victim, and does not paralyze in itself or is afraid,” said Brando Benevi, a member of the International Commercial Committee, last week.

The German Automobile Industry Association has warned of the possibility of high costs of auto and suppliers, and said that “it is unfortunate that there is a threat to further escalation of the trade conflict.”

The auto industry in Germany is already suffering from 25 % increase in the definitions of exports to the United States as well as 2.5 % in advance, while its steel industry is forced to deal with punitive definitions by 50 %.

It is understood that the agreement in principle on the Trump table had provided possible identification relief to any European cars manufacturers with factories in the United States, which included Mercedes -Benz, BMW and Volkswagen Wagon alongside the Swedish brand Volvo.

Last week, the Swedish Finance Minister described the agreement as “really bad” and at the same time, saying that some economic pain was inevitable.

The value of the European Union and the United States trade is 1.4 trillion euros annually, but only three countries-Germany, Italy and Ireland, with the large multinational drug sector-are more to the United States more than it imports.

Emmanuel Ursini, President of the Italian Industry, said the European Union should not escalate. He said, “Now we all need to maintain calm and maintain our nerves.”

But in the north of the country, the President of the Confingia Veneto, Rafeele Boscaini, said there will be industry pillars in the event of a higher tariff. “The European Union and the Italian government will have to interfere with concrete measures to support the competitiveness of our companies: investment, access to credit and bureaucratic and financial relief, as well as the definition of energy policy,” said Busayini, head of marketing at Massi, the main producer of Amaron wine, who will suffer 30 %.