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'Beg you...Please don’t tell population': Trump mocks Macron over drug price talks

January 7, 2026

Trending:US-Venezuela tensionsGreenlandJNU protestsTrump on India tariffsBangladesh cricket rowStranger Things'Beg you... Please don’t tell population': Trump mocks Macron over drug price talksFP News Desk • January 7, 2026, 14:08:48 ISTWhatsapp Facebook TwitterUS President Donald Trump said he forced Emmanuel Macron to agree to higher drug prices in France by threatening tariffs, claiming the move would lower medicine costs in the United States. AdvertisementSubscribe Join Us+ Follow us On GoogleChoose Firstpost on GoogleUS President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (File/AFP)US President Donald Trump on Tuesday told Republican lawmakers that he pressured French President Emmanuel Macron to sharply raise prescription drug prices in France, using the threat of sweeping tariffs on French imports as leverage. Trump said the move was aimed at addressing what he described as Americans paying far higher prices for medicines than consumers in other countries. Addressing the gathering, Trump said the United States had subsidised global healthcare for decades.

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Credit: US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (File/

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He argued that his “Most Favoured Nation” policy was designed to end that imbalance and claimed it led to swift compliance from foreign governments. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADUltimatum over tariffsTrump said he asked Macron to increase French prescription drug prices because Americans were paying “14 times” more for medicines.
According to Trump, the French President initially refused the proposal.“I said ok here’s the story, Emmanuel.
If on Monday you have’t agreed to every single thing that we want, I’m putting a 25% tariff on every thing coming out of France!”More from World Is Trump’s desire for Greenland pushing Nato to the brink?
2025 in review: The geopolitical earthquakes that reshaped the worldHe claimed he issued an ultimatum, warning that France would face a 25 per cent tariff on all exports to the United States, including champagne and wine, if it did not agree to US demands.
Trump said the threat led Macron to concede.“He said, ‘no, no, no, no, you can not do that!’ I said, I can do that.

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'Beg you...Please don’t tell population': Trump mocks Macron over drug price talks

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'Beg you...Please don’t tell population': Trump mocks Macron over drug price talks

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