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For the protectionist French left, Trump’s trade war is a thorn in the side

Henry Blake
Henry Blake
11 months ago
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Manuel Bompard, MP de la France, Ingoumise, in his office in Marseille, on March 14, 2025.
Manuel Bompard, MP de la France, Ingoumise, in his office in Marseille, on March 14, 2025. Theo Giacometti /Hans Lucas for Le Monde

Donald Trump’s commercial war is giving the French a headache: how can continue advocating protectionism and the end of free trade without being compared to the agitated US president, whose tariff walks could trigger a great SHOCK FRIndic shock and impoverishment? This is the act of balance that the French radical left has been trying in recent days. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the France Insoumise (LFI), launched the effort to clarify the position of his party: “We have never been defenders of free trade. But we have always believed that it is not possible to implement The letter from the letter of the letter of the letter of the letter of the letter of the letter of l’enmamamamamamamamamamment.

Mélenchon dreams of establishing a form of “solidarity protectionism”, which makes it one of the key proposals in the policy platform of his party. LFI, who is working on a plan of 10 to 15 specific measures to respond to the US crisis, the horseshoe “Neith Trumpism or macronism” but aims to “restore the power of the State.” As? When implementing “a policy of relocation of vital products. For the rest, we make intelligent agreements through bilateral agreements,” explained LFI official, Manuel Bompard. In his opinion, this does not resemble the “barbaric and wild” protectional brand of Trump.

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