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French President Macron says all options on table to respond to US auto tariffs

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said the European Union should deploy its anti-coercion instrument -- dubbed the "bazooka" -- if Donald Trump goes ahead with his threats to hike levies on European cars.

Reuters WORLD
Published May 05,2026
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Asked about U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to increase tariffs ⁠on automobiles ⁠from the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday ⁠that France supports free and fair trade and that all options were on the table to respond.

"There are agreements that have been ⁠signed ⁠and must be respected. If they were called into question, everything would have to be reopened," Macron told reporters at a ⁠news conference in Armenia.

"And if any country were threatened with tariffs, the European Union has instruments in place that ⁠must ‌then ‌be activated because that ⁠is ‌their purpose. So yes, everything is on ⁠the table," ⁠he added.