French President Emmanuel Macron, on a state visit to Washington, on Wednesday lambasted subsidies in Joe Biden's grand climate plan that favor "made in the USA" products, calling them
"super aggressive"
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"It's super aggressive for our businesses
," said Emmanuel Macron, during a lunch with elected officials on Capitol Hill.
He was referring to the massive support program for the energy transition wanted by Joe Biden, called the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which grants generous subsidies to electric vehicles, batteries or renewable energies provided that they are manufactured on American territory.
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“Put yourself in my place”
, pleaded the French president.
"No one contacted me when the IRA was in discussion
," he continued, asking to be
"respected as a good friend
."
“Perhaps this law will solve your problem, but you will increase my problem”
, assured the French head of state, who warned against the risk of “destroying many jobs” if he does not there is no coordination between Europe and the United States.
