France's President Emmanuel Macron looks connected during the World Economic Forum (WEF) yearly gathering successful Davos connected January 20, 2026. The World Economic Forum takes spot successful Davos from January 19 to January 23, 2026.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has deed retired astatine "bullies" arsenic helium called for U.S. tariffs connected European countries to beryllium abolished.
Macron made the comments successful a strongly-worded code to the World Economic Forum successful Davos, Switzerland connected Tuesday, which followed U.S. President Donald Trump's menace to put 200% levies connected French wines, arsenic punishment for resisting U.S. attempts to annex Greenland.
Without mentioning Trump by name, Macron said: "We request much growth. We request much stableness successful this world, but we bash similar respect to bullies." He added: "We bash similar regularisation of instrumentality to brutality."
The French president besides confirmed 1 imaginable effect was utilizing the Anti-Coercion Instrument oregon ACI.
The ACI could spot the EU restrict U.S. suppliers' entree to the EU market, excluding them from information successful nationalist tenders successful the bloc, arsenic good arsenic putting export and import restrictions connected goods and services and putting imaginable limits connected overseas nonstop concern successful the region.
He called the anticipation of being forced to usage ACI against the U.S. "crazy."
"The brainsick happening is that we tin beryllium enactment successful a concern to usage the anti-coercion mechanics for the precise archetypal time," if the U.S. imposes further tariffs connected Europe, Macron said.
He called for the "dismantling" of tariffs, adding: "It doesn't marque consciousness to person tariffs and beryllium divided, and adjacent to beryllium threatened present with further tariffs."
Tensions are precocious astatine Davos aft Trump announced the 200% tariff connected French wines, successful summation to threatening to escalate tariffs imposed connected 8 European countries if they don't judge his determination to get Greenland.
Trump is owed to talk astatine Davos connected Wednesday. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC connected Tuesday that the president's stance was showing the satellite that "the U.S. is back."
— CNBC's Holly Ellyatt and Lim Hui Jie contributed to this report.
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