{"id":2468610,"date":"2025-07-30T11:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macron-bemoans-us-eu-trade-deal-says-european-union-needs-to-be-feared-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:24:11","slug":"macron-bemoans-us-eu-trade-deal-says-european-union-needs-to-be-feared-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macron-bemoans-us-eu-trade-deal-says-european-union-needs-to-be-feared-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron bemoans US-EU trade deal, says European Union needs to be \u2018feared\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmacron-bemoans-us-eu-trade-deal-says-european-union-needs-to-be-feared-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2468610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>French President Emmanuel Macron criticized the recent U.S.-EU trade deal, expressing frustration that the European Union was not &#8220;feared enough&#8221; in the negotiations. Announced recently, the deal imposes 15% tariffs on most EU exports adn involves significant EU investments and energy purchases from the U.S. Macron views the agreement as unfavorable to Europe but remains optimistic that better terms could still be negotiated. The deal faced strong opposition in France, with political figures like National Rally leader Marine Le Pen condemning it as a moral failure. FranceS European affairs minister called for retaliatory measures against the U.S., criticizing the deal as economic coercion that undermines longstanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">free trade<\/a> principles. While some EU leaders cautiously approved the agreement, experts and diplomats suggested the EU&#8217;s weak negotiating position contributed to the one-sided outcome favoring the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Macron bemoans US-EU trade deal, says European Union needs to be &lsquo;feared&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2180965\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>French President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/emmanuel-macron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Emmanuel Macron\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a> expressed his fury at the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3483413\/trump-announces-eu-trade-deal-with-15-percent-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Emmanuel Macron\">U.S.-EU trade deal<\/a> during a Wednesday Cabinet meeting, arguing that it had been reached because the bloc was not &ldquo;feared enough.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The deal was announced on Sunday, with terms widely viewed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3484427\/us-europe-trade-deal-extraordinary-evolution-trump-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"heavily favoring the U.S.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-texas-categorizing-transgender-procedures-child-abuse-is-government-overreach-at-its-worst\/\" title=\"Joe Biden: Texas Categorizing Transgender Procedures &#039;Child Abuse&#039; Is &#039;Government Overreach at Its Worst&#039;\">heavily favoring<\/a> the United States<\/a> at the detriment of the European Union. It was widely decried in France, but it noticeably did not draw an immediate reaction from Macron himself. That changed on Wednesday, when he voiced his frustrations with the deal at a Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3485878\/earthquake-russia-tsunami-warnings-pacific\/\">Massive earthquake in Russia causes tsunami warnings throughout the Pacific<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3485299\/tide-shifts-israel-images-starving-children-gaza\/\">Tide shifts against Israel over images of starving children in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3485447\/north-korea-trump-opens-door-talks-denuclearization-off-table\/\">North Korea opens door to talks with Trump but leaves denuclearization off table<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Europe does not yet see itself sufficiently as a power,&rdquo; he said, according to multiple outlets. &ldquo;To be free, you have to be feared. We have not been feared enough.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Macron gave an optimistic message, suggesting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-zelenskyy-appears-to-quietly-curse-jd-vance-during-white-house-meeting\/\" title=\"Watch: Zelenskyy Appears to Quietly Curse JD Vance During White House Meeting\">deal wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t the &ldquo;end of the story&rdquo; and that a better deal could still be reached.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;France has always taken a firm and demanding stance,&rdquo; he said, adding that this stance would continue.<\/p>\n<p>French Prime Minister Fran&ccedil;ois Bayrou gave a much more alarmist statement on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bayrou\/status\/1949749114436194782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"saying\">saying<\/a> it was &ldquo;a dark day when an alliance of free peoples, gathered to affirm their values and defend their interests, resolves to submit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.-EU trade deal included 15% tariffs levied on nearly all EU exports, in addition to the EU investing $600 billion in the U.S. above current levels. The EU will also purchase $750 billion of U.S. energy.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was denounced across the political spectrum in France as capitulating to the U.S. Macron&rsquo;s foremost rival, National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, called it a &ldquo;moral fiasco.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The trade agreement concluded by Ursula von der Leyen with Donald Trump is a political, economic, and moral fiasco,&rdquo;&nbsp;she wrote. &ldquo;The least that could be done is to acknowledge this stinging failure rather than asking the French, who will be its first victims, to rejoice in it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Haddad, France&rsquo;s minister in charge of European affairs, urged the EU to take retaliatory measures in response, such as taxing U.S. digital services or excluding U.S. tech companies from public contracts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The free trade that has brought shared prosperity to both sides of the Atlantic since the end of the Second World War is now being rejected by the United States, which has opted for economic coercion and complete disregard for W.T.O. rules,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/benjaminhaddad\/status\/1949691983477240076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">wrote<\/a> Monday. &ldquo;We must quickly draw the necessary conclusions or risk being wiped out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other EU leaders expressed cautious approval of the deal, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.<\/p>\n<p>The deal marks perhaps Trump&rsquo;s greatest trade victory, soothing skeptics riled by the market turbulence caused by his initial &ldquo;Liberation Day&rdquo; tariff announcement in April.<\/p>\n<p>Wolfgang Niedermark, a board member at Germany&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >largest industry trade organization<\/a>, argued that the poor deal came about due to the EU&rsquo;s poor competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The EU commission simply did not have a good negotiating position,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d974c264-a3ac-4fdc-a9e1-8f95b49e8bf0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>Financial Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3484427\/us-europe-trade-deal-extraordinary-evolution-trump-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"US-EUROPE TRADE DEAL &lsquo;EXTRAORDINARY EVOLUTION&rsquo; IN TRUMP USE OF TARIFFS\">US-EUROPE TRADE DEAL &lsquo;EXTRAORDINARY EVOLUTION&rsquo; IN TRUMP USE OF TARIFFS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/85d57e0e-0c6f-4392-a68c-81866e1519c3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the outlet that the EU was rolled over by the Trump juggernaut.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump worked out exactly where our pain threshold is,&rdquo; they said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2180965\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2180965\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macron criticizes US-EU trade deal, urges EU to be &#8216;feared<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2468611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Macron-and-T.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32233,38812,50979,53656],"class_list":["post-2468610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-european-union","tag-international-trade","tag-macron-2","tag-us-eu-trade-deal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Macron-and-T.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468614,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468610\/revisions\/2468614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2468611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}