Macron Blasts Trump Trade Strategy Meant to ‘Subordinate’ EU (1)

French leader Emmanuel Macron attacked President Donald Trump’s trade strategy, arguing that Europe needs to develop more sovereignty to avoid “vassalization and blood politics.”

He spoke out against competition from the US “through trade agreements that undermine our export interests, demand maximum concessions and openly aim to weaken and subordinate Europe.”

This is “combined with an endless accumulation of new tariffs that are fundamentally unacceptable,” Macron said in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Trump in recent days has leveled wide-ranging threats against his European allies, saying the US will impose damaging trade measures on ...