Macron’s state visit to Britain covers Trump’s tariff threat

When French President Emmanuel Macron began a three-day state-owned visit to the UK on Tuesday, an unpredictable global tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump that could mask the grand and feast that London is laying out.

Macron and his wife Brigitte arrived in England on Tuesday morning, welcomed by William and Princess Kate, and were then rushed to Charles III and Queen Camilla in Windsor, where a state banquet will be held later.

The French president will meet with business leader and Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his UK visit and is expected to focus on “common priorities” including immigration, trade, defense and security.

What is imminent is Washington’s thorny issues and how to deal with Trump and his clumsy and unpredictable tariff regime that could seriously impact European and global economic growth.

On Monday, Trump shared screenshots on social media of signed “letters” that were allegedly sent to 14 countries, including Japan, South Korea and South Africa. Tell them that they face sharp increase in trade tariffs starting August 1. The initial July 9 high tariff deadline has been extended.

White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt said further letters will be sent in the coming days. This left the EU (EU) not receiving a “letter” on Monday.

Hopefully this week can be signed for the U.S. EU trade deal, despite how beneficial or unfavorable it will be for Brussels, it is still Macron, who is the second largest economy in the EU, heading to the UK,

“The EU is reportedly eager to reach a deal with the United States,” Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, said on Tuesday.

“The EU seems to have barely accepted that the current 10% of the U.S. basic tariffs cannot be negotiated except for certain sectors. The EU still wants to obtain limited exemptions for these tariffs, for example, for aircraft and parts of aircraft, the overall increase in the overall tariffs on the EU this year is higher than our higher liability.

The King is expected to speak at the beginning of the state visit, saying Britain and France “face many complex threats, sent from multiple directions. As friends and allies, we are together, and they face them together. These challenges do not know the boundaries: there is no fortress this time that protects us from them,” According to Sky News.

As we all know, Hong has a warm relationship with the Royals. It is said that the last time the king spoke to the French Senate in English and French, he won praise from Paris last time, he said fluently During the 2023 State Visit.

Macron It is also necessary to speak in London’s lawmakers around London time On Tuesday, meeting with London’s business leaders on Wednesday and will hold talks with Starmer in the French-UK summit on Thursday.

This is the first state visit by EU leaders on British soil since the UK left the EU violently in 2020 after the 2016 Brexit referendum. The UK government says the visit “will provide Historical Opportunities Show the breadth of British and French relations. ”

Starmer appears to have met himself with Trump despite different political persuasions, and he may be able to provide Macron with some tips on how to win transatlantic allies as the EU continues to trade talks with Washington.

Trump actually said Britain is The first country to reach a trade deal with Washingtonand is likely protected by future tariffs, “because I like them.” Meanwhile, Macron suffered a more difficult journey with the U.S. leader, who humiliated him More than once. In June, at the last G-7 meeting, Trump Criticize Macron as “seeking publicity.”