Macron to fight to de-escalate trade tensions, encourage stimulus


  • World
  • Saturday, 24 Aug 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron (C), flanked by President of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Alain Rousset (L), samples local produce and wine, as he tours the exhibition hall above the international press center on the opening day of the G7 summit, in Anglet, France August 24, 2019. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he hoped to convince G7 leaders to pull back from a trade war which is already destabilising economic growth around the world.

"(I want) to convince all our partners that tensions, and trade tensions in particular are bad for everybody," Macron told the French in a televised address.

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