Emmanuel Macron brings together at the Elysée the “representatives of the impacted sectors” Thursday at 4 p.m.

Emmanuel Macron will bring together at the Elysée, Thursday, April 3 at 4 p.m., “Representatives of the sectors impacted by the tariff measures announced by the United States”, said the Presidency of the Republic. This meeting is organized while US President Donald Trump signed a decree generalizing very heavy customs duties on Wednesday, with a minimum of 10% on all imports arriving in the United States and 20% for products arriving from the European Union. Follow our direct.

New customs duties, “A hard blow” for the global economy. “It is not too late to respond to concerns by negotiations”said Thursday, shortly before 6 am, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who keeps the door open to discussions. Europeans are “Ready to answer” and work at “A new pack of countermeasures” If negotiations fail, she added. “We will endeavor to reduce obstacles and not to raise them”she said, stressing that the European Commerce Commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, was “And contact permanent” With its American counterparts. China, for its part, denounced these taxes which “Disability global economic development”.

Donald Trump knocks out Europe and Asia. As expected, Donald Trump launched his generalized commercial assault. From the White House, the American president signed, on Wednesday, a decree aimed at imposing “Reciprocal customs duties” To all countries that exchange commercially with the United States. “It is the day of the declaration of economic independence” From the United States, he said.

25% surcharge on cars imported into the United States come into force. Since Thursday 6 am and 1 minute hour of Paris, cars made outside the United States have been subject to a surcharge of 25%, a hard blow for world industry, while customs duties of the same magnitude on spare parts must also gradually come into force. It is the will of American president Donald Trump, who has just announced that a mountain of other taxes would follow.

Stock markets ringed. The Tokyo Stock Exchange has plummeted more than 3% on Thursday shortly after the opening, that of Seoul abandoning some 2%, in markets raised by the brutal customs offensive of Donald Trump, proper to lead Asian economies very dependent on exports. European stock markets finished withdraw on Wednesday, just before the announcement of massive customs of customs duties in the United States.