France’s reluctance to join the US-led panel can be reversed with a trade tariff, the American president believes

US President Donald Trump has mocked French President Emmanuel Macron after France declined to join an American-led Gaza ‘Board of Peace’, saying Macron’s refusal is irrelevant and could be reversed with the threat of trade tariffs.

The Trump-chaired body, intended to oversee the transition in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, will include several US officials and businessmen. Invitations were also sent to multiple world leaders, but France publicly rejected the offer. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said “the charter of the…

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