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François Bayrou will unveil on Tuesday a plan to carve €40 billion out of France’s 2026 budget—equal to roughly 1. EU Tries Tariff-Proof Supply Chains
Brussels is sketching a “Tariff-Safe Corridor” with Mexico, Australia and Türkiye to reroute key inputs—steel, lithium, semis—to bypass possible U.