Macron Says EU Wasn’t ‘Feared’ in Trade Talks With Trump

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French President Emmanuel Macron said the European Union wasn’t feared enough in the trade talks with the US, which led to a deal many have criticized as unbalanced.

“Europe doesn’t yet see itself sufficiently as a power,” the French leader said at a cabinet meeting Wednesday. “To be free, you have to be feared. We haven’t been feared enough.”