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Trump criticized the European Union for its trade policy, saying it was worse than China – a complaint that the US president had made to his French counterpart at a meeting in April at the House white.
The source described Trump as "departing" on EU trade during his meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Trump said that the EU should open up on agriculture – a point of continuing contention in trade negotiations between the two entities. Macron was respectful of Trump and pushed some back on the subject but pushed the conversation forward, the source said.
There was "a certain relationship" between the two, "but that's not what it was (once)," said the source.
Trump and Macron also spoke about Iran and North Korea, during which Trump expressed his views in what the source described as "highly predictable conditions."
The next day, Macron sharply criticized Trump in his speech to the UN General Assembly, directly and implicitly criticizing the administration for its policies on Iran, climate change, the UN, migration, and peace in the Middle East. -East. In terms of trade, Macron said that "bilateral agreements, new protectionism will not work".
This was not the first time Trump had engaged in an exchange with a European counterpart. During the April talks, Trump accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel of being "so protectionist" in her trade policy and again raised the issue of the flood of German cars in the United States.
