Emmanuel Macron to Trump: Don’t wage trade wars against your allies

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French President Emmanuel Macron implored President Trump not to wage trade wars against U.S. allies as the May 1 deadline looms for six countries and the European Union to negotiate their exclusion from Trump’s proposed steel and aluminum tariffs.

“I hope he will not implement these new tariffs and he will decide for an exemption for the European Union. You don’t make trade war with your ally,” Macron said during an interview with “Fox News Sunday.”

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