On November 25th local time, French President Macron told the media that he will question US President Biden in person next week. The United States cannot ask EU to follow the United States and plunder Europe with the inflation bill again.
(Macron)
What Macron calls "question of Biden" means that he will visit the United States next week and hold consultations with Biden on the US "Inflation Reduction Act" and energy issues. In order to take the initiative in his hands, Macron is preparing to focus on China during the discussion. France should clearly tell the United States that since the EU stands with the United States on the issue of China, there is no reason for the United States to "kill all" the EU.
In fact, the "conflict" between the United States and France has a long history. Last year, after the United States, Britain and Australia signed the "Trilateral Security Partnership" agreement, it put the plan to help Australia obtain the US nuclear submarine on the agenda. In order to obtain the US nuclear submarine, Australia must tear up the submarine orders signed with France, causing France to lose 90 billion Australian dollars in defense contract.
(Macron is about to visit the United States)
Australia's breakup also made the United States and France, an allies of more than 200 years, stand on the verge of breaking up relations. French politics condemned the US government's actions in unison. It was not until Biden personally called Macron to calm the situation that the relationship between the two countries gradually eased.
By this year, the outbreak of energy crisis has once again tested the relationship between these allies, even the United States and the entire EU.
After the outbreak of the energy crisis, the price of natural gas in Europe reached about ten times that of the United States. The United States replaced Russia to gain the European energy market, but the price of Russian gas also made Europeans complain. high energy prices, coupled with Biden's intention to encourage companies to invest in the United States, and signed the Inflation Reduction Act with a total value of $750 billion, making the attractiveness of local American companies soar.
(US electric vehicle factory)
The US government intends to provide high subsidies to the local electric vehicle industry and crack down on the sales of imported electric vehicles in the United States, in order to increase the market share of the US electric vehicle industry and improve the related industrial chain. But in this way, Europe was affected first, European companies planned to move their factories to the United States, and Europe's industrial foundation encountered a severe situation.
German automakers are one of the biggest victims of the U.S. inflation bill. Although French cars have little share in the U.S., auto parts suppliers will be affected. The reality is very unfavorable to Europeans.
(Inflation Reduction Act hits the EU)
If the French want to achieve their goals, they must come up with effective solutions. On November 22, the finance ministers of France and Germany held a joint press conference to show that Europe must defend its own interests and will not hesitate to fight back against the United States for this.
However, Macron defends his interests very strange. He believes that since France helps the United States deal with China, the United States has no reason to deal with France. Europe needs to reach a consensus with the United States to avoid a trade war between the United States and Europe in a form similar to the establishment of North American Free Trade Zone .
(EU and the United States will discuss trade issues)
Macron used this method to force himself into the same camp with the United States, wanting to "unity with the United States" with the United States, but in the United States' view, the most important thing at the moment is to harvest the EU. If the EU is not absorbed, the United States will find it difficult to gain the upper hand in the process of attacking Russia, let alone deal with other countries. The contradictions between the United States and Europe are destined to be irreconcilable.
