Posted on 04/06/2025 11:08:26 AM PDT by Olog-hai
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for European companies to suspend planned investment in the United States after US President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs on American imports.
“Investments to come or investments announced in recent weeks should be suspended until things are clarified with the United States,” Macron said during a meeting with French industry representatives.
“What would be the message if big European actors invest billions of euros in the US economy at the very moment they are hitting us?” he asked. […]
The comments come weeks after French shipping firm CMA CGM announced plans to invest $20 billion in the US to build shipping logistics and terminals, a plan that was hailed by Trump at the time, and mentioned again in his Wednesday speech unveiling the tariffs. …
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What does Europe make that we want? Cheese, wine, chocolate?
oh let’s see...largest consumer market on the planet and no one wants to invest? interesting. good thing for the French they don’t speak German today. thank us very much.
They already blew him off.
Macron speaks too much German.
The French Turdeau. /eyeroll
Cars
When the cheese cuts itself.
Doubt that Bernard Arnault is going to agree with Macron. How many of his billions did he make in the U.S.?
Wanna see this guy and the EU squeal? Pull out of NATO and remove all U.S. assets out of Europe. Then remind them of 1939-1945.
Advice from a guy who has a grandmother for a wife.
California and New York State make some mighty fine wines. Wisconsin and artisans in other states make really yummy cheeses. And I do a dynamite pate...haven’t bought imported for years.
We use and/or consume products from Europe daily.
Can we live without them...?
Oh, yeah.
Can they live without us...?
Nope.
sadly, they will be better off learning arabic, somali, urdu, pashto and farsi.
Won’t happen. US growth hugely outpaces Europe’s. Money kept in European banks accrues negative interest. (The government is trying to force companies to invest. Therefore, if they keep cash, it costs them a percentage.) That’s one reason our stock market keeps going up. The present drop is irrational and will reverse shortly.
Macaroni wants to be the leader of the free world...like thats going to happen...
I like all of those.
I doubt EU countries are going to band together to do this.
I remember when their potatoes were called “freedom fries” last time the beret wearers got in a twit!
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