Macron and Merz Ask Brussels for Sharper Tools Against Unfair Trade
Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz have written to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling for tougher EU mechanisms against unfair trade practices by other states, Deutsche Welle reports. The two leaders name no country. DW reads the letter as having China or the United States in mind — an inference from the timing and phrasing rather than anything the letter says out loud.
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Refusing to name names is the tactic, not an oversight. A letter that leaves the target implicit can be read as leverage by whichever capital assumes it is the subject.
Or it is a way to ask for sharper instruments without committing to using them on anyone in particular — the request is for mechanisms, which exist whether or not a specific state is named.