Macron criticizes tariffs and calls for a freeze on all investment in the US

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday criticized the tariffs announced by Donald Trump on so-called Liberation Day. He also called on French companies operating in the United States to suspend all their investment projects there until the announcement by his American peer is "clarified."

"Future investments, investments announced in recent weeks, must be suspended for a while until the situation with the United States is clarified," Macron said at the start of a meeting at the Elysee Palace, the presidential headquarters in Paris, with his government and the sectors concerned.

"What would be the message if major European players invest billions of euros in the US economy just at the moment when we are being hit?" the Gallic president added.

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