Macron calls on US to engage world and reject nationalism


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“As flawed as the deal is, I believe we must now enforce the hell out of it,” Ed Royce, the California Republican who chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said in an October committee hearing.


Mike Pompeo, the CIA director who Trump has nominated to be his next secretary of state, has harshly criticised both the nuclear and the Iranian regime. His promotion was received by many in Congress as a sign that Trump intends to pull out of the accord. The President has to decide by May 12, the deadline to extend a waiver on sanctions, a key plank of US obligations under the deal.


Trump on Tuesday seemed at least somewhat interested in Macron’s blueprint, calling it a “new deal” with “solid foundations”. Teams of American negotiators have been working with European allies for weeks on a new accord along the lines of what Macron laid out. Like Macron, their biggest challenge is the absence of any guarantee that Trump will accept the result.


On trade, Macron, a former investment banker and economy minister, is more in line with traditional Republicans than their own President. Macron’s recognition that some countries engage in trade violations and overcapacity of steel and aluminum – but that Europe isn’t the problem – tracks closely with House Speaker Paul Ryan’s response to Trump’s tariff announcement last month.


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