Michel-Edouard Leclerc, Chairman of the Strategic Committee for E.Leclerc stores, asks Bernard Arnault, boss of LVMH, not to sign agree with the United States concerning customs duties. He wants the French bosses “playing patriots”, so as not to have “shabby”. © TF1 screenshot – Michel -Edouard Leclerc wants the French bosses “play patriots”. Safeguard safeguarded receiving trade warnings in the middle of a trade war with the United States, Michel-Edouard Leclerc calls on French bosses to “play patriots”. Invited on the set of the morning of TF1, this Friday, April 18, the president of the Strategic Committee for E.Leclerc stores reacted to the declarations of Bernard Arnault, the boss of LVMH, who warned during the general assembly of the company this Thursday that in the event of failure of customs duties between the United States and the European Union, his group would be “necessarily led to increase (his) American productions”. Michel-Edouard Leclerc first pointed out that the leader of the luxury giant is “a great gentleman”, “who reports a lot of currencies to France”, but also “a good promoter of Made in France”, he does not share his positions. “You have to be in the same tempo,” he said, referring to the speech held by Emmanuel Macron. “Trump has mounted like an orangutan in his ring, Bernard Arnault, Saadé, the boss of CMA-CGM, or Schneider Electic, must not sign their agreement before Europe has negotiated, otherwise we look shabby,” he exhorted. Read also: Faced with Trump, Michel-Edouard Leclerc Tape of the hand on the table and calls for “going up in the ring” “We are not going to a Négo in dispersed order” and to continue: “I launch an appeal to Bernard Arnault: ‘Make company, make nation, that will not prevent you from investing in the United States’. But our employees, our employees, need the bosses to play patriots ”. “It’s tactical, we are not going to a Négo in dispersed order. This is true for governments, it is true for business leaders, “said the boss of the E. Leclerc brand. The manager of the large distribution also did not hesitate to denounce the behavior of Donald Trump:” We have a guy who plays tam-tam from the United States and he hits us. He says wickedness on Europe (…) In fact, he wants diplomacy priced like others make priced love. I am so that we do not get into this game, “he said, welcoming the strategy of European countries in the face of customs duties. Receive our latest news every day, selecting the main news of the day. (tagstotranslate) Trade war