France's Macron: EU must prepare to retaliate against Trump's tariffs

The European Union should accelerate the preparation of retaliatory measures, including anti-coercion instruments, after the United States threatened 30% tariffs on imported EU goods, France's president said on Saturday.

"It is more than ever up to the Commission to assert the Union's determination to defend European interests resolutely," Macron wrote on X.

The EU's Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) allows the bloc to retaliate against third countries that put economic pressure on EU members to change their policies, and offers wide scope for action. It allows the EU to limit access to public procurement tenders for companies from a third country and to take action affecting services trade or investment.