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Posted on April 9, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleFrance underscores the importance of partnerships like with Indonesia amid US-EU trade tensions, aiming to prevent escalation.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - French trade minister Laurent Saint-Martin said on Wednesday that the current context of trade tariffs between the European Union and the United States makes strategic partnerships such as the one France has with Indonesia important.
Speaking to reporters in Jakarta, Saint-Martin reaffirmed that Europe and France both wished to avoid escalation in any trade war with the United States.
EU member states are expected to vote later on Wednesday on the bloc's first slate of countermeasures against tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
(Reporting by Ananda Teresia in Jakarta and Sudip Kar-Gupta in Paris; Writing by Makini Brice;Editing by GV De Clercq)
The article discusses the importance of strategic partnerships, like with Indonesia, amid US-EU trade tensions.
Indonesia is seen as a key partner for France in navigating global trade tensions.
The EU is voting on countermeasures against US tariffs to avoid trade war escalation.
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