Emmanuel Macron, hosting the summit, dismissed the ultimatum as counterproductive and signaled that France will not bow to unilateral trade pressure. The standoff underscores the deepening divide between Washington and its traditional European partners as the French president navigates the final stretch of his second term.
Beyond the trade dispute, the summit agenda pushed toward the war in Ukraine and the growing necessity of decoupling from Chinese resource dependencies. While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy joined the talks, the atmosphere remained strained by Trump’s unpredictable diplomacy. Negotiations concerning the Iran deal remain opaque, with participants looking toward an upcoming session in Switzerland to break the current impasse.
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