Macron promises tough dialogue with Trump at G7 summit

French President Emmanuel Macron expects a "respectful but tough" dialogue with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Group of Seven (G7) summit and will try to convey to him the unproductiveness of introducing tariffs against the club's member countries.

"These threats are known to us. By the way, when the G7 summit was held in Biarritz in 2019, we had roughly the same situation," Macron said in an interview with the TF1 television channel.

Commenting on Trump's threat to impose 100% duties on French wines due to the tax on the activities of IT companies in force in the republic, the French leader stressed that "this is not how it works." He recalled the agreement on duties concluded between the EU and the United States last summer and stated that "stability is needed now." Macron also noted that the tax for digital giants was introduced in several European countries and "is part of the legislation."

"It is not the United States that decides what the legislation of Europeans or the French should be. This will not change as long as I am here. Therefore, we will have a respectful but tough conversation," the president said. "We are going to demonstrate that tariffs are not beneficial to anyone. And especially tariffs between G7 countries," he added.

Earlier, Trump warned France of the risk of a new trade war and threatened to impose 100% duties on French wines and champagne if Paris does not abolish the digital tax on American technology companies, which has been in effect since 2019. Trump noted that he made this warning directly to Macron.

Source: TASS