'Strong measures': Macron threatens China with tariffs over trade surplus

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The EU needed to combine protection for its most vulnerable sectors, such as the car industry, with a boost to competitiveness, he urged.
53% : Macron, whose country is the EU's second-largest economy after Germany, acknowledged that it was a challenge to get consensus on the China tariff question across the bloc.
43% : US protectionism had aggravated the problem for the EU, Macron said, since China was "massively" re-directing products initially earmarked for America towards Europe.
41% : The EU's trade deficit with China -- the world's second-largest economy after the United States -- exceeded 300 billion euros ($350 billion) in 2024, Les Echos said.
41% : The 27 European Union members cannot set trade policy, including tariffs, individually, instead being represented by the EU Commission.
40% : " During his visit to China, Macron said the EU needed to accept more Chinese direct investment as part of efforts to reduce the trade deficit.
25% : Macron says the EU car industry is particularly vulnerable to Chinese competition French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU, in remarks published Sunday.

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