During the campaign before the presidential elections to be held on November 5 in the USA, Trump said that he would withdraw his country from the Paris climate agreement, as he did in his first term in 2017. Current US President Joe Biden had the US rejoin the agreement in one of his first acts after taking office in 2019.

Macron has sought to position himself as the leader of the global response to Trump’s return to the White House. HE, First Western leader to congratulate former reality TV star on election victory and He called on Europeans to prepare more thoroughly for a trade war.

Amid domestic problems, including a rising public spending deficit and a fractured parliament, Macron has taken a step back from the day-to-day running of politics and may be keen to lead the response to Trump.

In another reference to one of the issues Trump cares most about, the French president warned that the world order will “fall apart” if the strongest economies fall prey to a major trade war. The next president of the United States has threatened to impose universal 10 percent tariffs on imports and 60 percent tariffs on Chinese goods.

“The disruption of the international order through tariff policies pursued by the most powerful will encourage others to do the same,” Macron said.

The French president was speaking at a round table at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. His statement was one of several made public.