The President of the Republic first reacted to the agreement concluded with the United States on customs duties in the Council of Ministers this Wednesday, July 30.
The President of the Republic who had remained silent since Sunday believes that the negotiations will continue.
Negotiating Harsh for months, the agreement establishes customs tariffs on all European imports to the United States, at a single rate of 15%, including all existing taxes.
“Visibility and predictability”
The president of the European Commission said there would be no customs rights in “strategic sectors” such as aeronautics, “certain chemical products, certain agricultural products” or “certain strategic raw materials.” However, the list of these products was not detailed.
“The agreement has the merit of providing visibility and short -term predictability, says Emmanuel Macron. It preserves the French and European interests: customs duties for some of our main export sectors, including aeronautical, without concession for our agricultural sectors, without questioning our regulatory autonomy, our environmental and health standards.
Since Sunday, a large part of the French and European political class has criticized this agreement with the United States. Prime Minister François Bayrou has seriously described In a message in X the moment of “Dark Day” And deplored a Europe “that solves submission.”
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz recognized for his part that he was not “satisfied with this result, in the feeling that [il] Do not think it is a good thing. “
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Source: BFM TV
