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- French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly referenced President Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal” while talking to Trump about the escalating trade dispute between the EU and US.
- Sources told Axios that the exchange took place on the sidelines of the NATO summit this month, when Trump and Macron began discussing reciprocal tariffs freshly imposed on the EU and US.
- Macron told Trump that he “read the ‘Art of the Deal,’ and understands that retaliatory tariffs give the EU “leverage in negotiations.”
- Foreign leaders have taken to using Trump’s own hardline techniques for their negotiations with the president.
French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly referenced President Donald Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal” while talking to Trump about the escalating trade dispute between the EU and the US.
The exchange took place on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels earlier this month. During a bilateral meeting, Trump and Macron began discussing the intensifying trade dispute between Europe and the US, sources familiar with the conversation told Axios. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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