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Macron calls on Europe to suspend investment in US after Trump tariff shock
France 24 ^ | 04/03/2025 | (FRANCE 24 with Reuters and AFP)

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. …

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; European Union; Foreign Affairs; France
KEYWORDS: 666; actofwar; antiamericanism; europeons; eussr; fafo; fourthreich; hypocrisy; macron; removemacron; socialmarketeconomy; tariffs; tds; thebeast
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Didn’t see anything like this posted; I hope I didn’t miss it on a search. From three days ago.
1 posted on 04/06/2025 11:08:26 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

What does Europe make that we want? Cheese, wine, chocolate?


2 posted on 04/06/2025 11:11:47 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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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.


3 posted on 04/06/2025 11:12:44 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: Olog-hai

They already blew him off.


4 posted on 04/06/2025 11:13:12 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (First covid case confirmed in America. 01/19/2021. Biden inaugurated 01/20/2021. Coinkydink?)
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To: Qwapisking

Macron speaks too much German.


5 posted on 04/06/2025 11:14:01 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

The French Turdeau. /eyeroll


6 posted on 04/06/2025 11:14:29 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: crusty old prospector

Cars


7 posted on 04/06/2025 11:14:31 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: Olog-hai

When the cheese cuts itself.


8 posted on 04/06/2025 11:14:38 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Olog-hai

Doubt that Bernard Arnault is going to agree with Macron. How many of his billions did he make in the U.S.?


9 posted on 04/06/2025 11:15:34 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Olog-hai; All

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.


10 posted on 04/06/2025 11:16:32 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: sauropod

Advice from a guy who has a grandmother for a wife.


11 posted on 04/06/2025 11:19:25 AM PDT by Fungi
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To: crusty old prospector

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.


12 posted on 04/06/2025 11:19:47 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: crusty old prospector

We use and/or consume products from Europe daily.

Can we live without them...?

Oh, yeah.

Can they live without us...?

Nope.


13 posted on 04/06/2025 11:20:44 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Qwapisking

sadly, they will be better off learning arabic, somali, urdu, pashto and farsi.


14 posted on 04/06/2025 11:22:00 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: Olog-hai

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.


15 posted on 04/06/2025 11:23:26 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (I had a tagline and I dropped it. The cat back-pawed it under the Barcalounger. )
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To: Olog-hai
Hey Macron: No more Jerry Lewis movies for you!



16 posted on 04/06/2025 11:24:18 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: mewzilla

Macaroni wants to be the leader of the free world...like thats going to happen...


17 posted on 04/06/2025 11:24:27 AM PDT by aklurker
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To: crusty old prospector

I like all of those.


18 posted on 04/06/2025 11:27:14 AM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Olog-hai

I doubt EU countries are going to band together to do this.


19 posted on 04/06/2025 11:27:36 AM PDT by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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To: Olog-hai

I remember when their potatoes were called “freedom fries” last time the beret wearers got in a twit!


20 posted on 04/06/2025 11:27:38 AM PDT by Brandonmark (November 5, 2024 - A New Day in America!Adam Schiff PARDONED criminal!)
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