US and China have killed free trade, former French minister says
Written by stingfm on October 10, 2025
Former French finance minister Eric Lombard accused the United States and China of killing free trade and called for the European Union to pursue a more “nationalistic” approach to trade policy in response during a speech in Paris on Thursday.
“Free trade is over, it is dead,” Lombard told a summit on competitiveness organised by Politico in the French capital.
He urged France and Europe to “wake up” to the fact that the US and China were employing unfair trade practices that deviate from free…
“Free trade is over, it is dead,” Lombard told a summit on competitiveness organised by Politico in the French capital.
He urged France and Europe to “wake up” to the fact that the US and China were employing unfair trade practices that deviate from free…
