TRUMP VS. MACRON: US President Mocks French Riots While Boasting of Drug Price Deal

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US President Donald Trump claimed at a rally in Syracuse on Friday that he pressured French President Emmanuel Macron to raise prescription drug prices by threatening 150% tariffs on French wines, champagne and other exports. Trump said Macron initially rejected his request to double drug prices but later agreed, as Washington sought to reduce what it says are disproportionately high prescription medicine costs in the United States. Trump cited examples of medicines costing around $130 in New York compared with $10 in London and Munich, claiming US prices had since fallen to between $20 and $30 in some cases. He also suggested his drug-pricing campaign may have contributed to unrest in France, while acknowledging that the protests were not necessarily about the issue. The Trump administration has expanded its Most Favoured Nation drug-pricing policy, under which participating pharmaceutical companies agree to align US prices with lower prices in other developed countries. Trump's accou

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