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Posted on February 21, 2026
2 min readLast updated: April 3, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleAt Paris’s agricultural fair, Macron praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s tariff ruling as proof of democratic checks. He said France will study Trump’s 10% global tariff’s impact while continuing exports.
PARIS, Feb 21 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump's trade tariffs shows that it is good to have counterweights to power and the rule of law in democracies.
"It is not bad to have a Supreme Court and, therefore, the rule of law," he said at the annual agricultural salon in Paris, in response to a question about Friday's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an economic emergency law were illegal.
"It is good to have power and counterweights to power in democracies," Macron said.
He added that France would consider the consequences of Trump's new 10% global tariff and adapt and the country wants to continue to export its products, including agricultural, luxury, fashion and aeronautical goods.
He said that a calm mindset was needed and that the fairest rule was "reciprocity" and not to "be subjected to unilateral decisions."
(Reporting by Layli Foroudi; Editing by Sharon Singleton, Kirsten Donovan)
French President Emmanuel Macron’s reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his pledge to assess the impact of a new 10% global tariff.
On February 20, 2026, the Court struck down parts of Trump’s tariff program, emphasizing legal limits on presidential tariff powers and reinforcing checks and balances.
Macron said France will evaluate the consequences for French exporters and broader EU trade, but that the country will continue exporting while policy options are reviewed.
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