French president Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for a suspension of investment in the United States until Donald Trump's "brutal and unfounded" new tariffs against Europe and the rest of the world were clarified, reports FRANCE 24.
"Future investments, investments announced in the last weeks, should be suspended for a time for as long as the situation with the United States is not clarified," Macron told a meeting of French companies also attended by French ministers and prime minister Francois Bayrou.
"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.
Macron said Americans will be "weaker and poorer" after Trump's tariff announcement, which he described as "brutal and unfounded" and would have a "massive impact" on the European economy.
He also called on Europe to stand together in terms of their response, warning against any unilateral action.