< img class = "responsive-Img" SRC = "https://images.midilibre.fr/api/v1/images/view/67a5ae9ca9862646e870d257/large/image.jpg?v=1" Alt = "Claire Fita, European deputy for Occitania." >Claire Fita, MEP of Occitania. Pierre Challier – Picasa < P Class = "Article-Full__CoPo" >MEP and regional councilor, Claire Fita held this February 6 on Thursday, February, in Toulouse, a press conference to approach the economic and commercial threats that weigh on the Occitania with the return of Donald Trump to the White House .
< P > Occitania has already had the reores of Donald Trump. It was in 2019. < EM > “There was a Boeing-Airbus conflict. Who paid the broken pots ? Viticulture. Trump had increased customs prices by 25% on wines and French spirits with consequences a loss of € 600 million in turnover and 40% of sales at the national level “, recalls Claire Fita. However, the impact of “Trump 2025” will be worse, warns in substance the European deputy, member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. < P >< EM >“We are talking about commercial, economic threats, but beyond, it is a war that he wants to declare against model, social, democratic and European since he opposes our values in matters of rights, climate and 'Inclusion “, warns the elected Tarnaise, also regional councilor, detailing why Occitanie will be < EM >” particularly exposed “ in the event of Customs conflict. < H2 Class = "TXT-INT" > 3.3 billion euros in exports < P > Today, first Partners of the EU, < EM > “The United States represents 20% of European exports”. Or the scenario of '< EM > “An increase in customs duties of only 10%” could already ~ 60 > “lead to a 1% drop in the GDP in the euro zone and 0.73% in France in a context of increasing the volume of exchanges in 2023-2024 “, Pointe Claire Fita. A “at least” perspective that can only worry the region in the event of 25%US customs tariffs. Aeronautics, viticulture, agriculture… < EM > “The total amount of our regional exports to the United States was 3.3 billion euros in 2024”. < /p > < P > At first, viticulture would be the most threatened. Already weakened by the Covid crisis and the consequences of global warming < EM > “The first world vineyard in wine production under sign of quality, AOP, IGP” would be all the more touched that it is also that of < EM > “The first exporting region in volume”. In fact, even if Armagnac is less exposed than cognac, wines and Spirits of Occitania arrive in fourth row of wines imported by the United States but < EM >“In the second in terms of value”, note the elected, not forgetting, either, the Roquefort on the table: < EM > “2,000 jobs”. < H2 Class = "TXT-INT" > Aeronautics and spatial facing Musk… < P > aeronautical and spatial side ? The interdependence is very strong and the EU is in the process of encrypting any damage in the event of clash. European capital of the sky and space, Airbus and Toulouse know the means of retaliatory that Washington already has against its competitors. < P > The extraterritoriality of American law allows him to put foreign companies under the thumb of his own justice when linked to the United States by the use of the dollar, components or servers Americans… < P >With the rise of SpaceX and the fear of seeing international spatial programs and partnerships taken hostage by Elon Musk, the Trumpist policy could therefore also impact high technology in Occitania. < H2 Class = "TXT-INT" > strong European response and regional support < P >< EM > “The will to hegee of this tech, with its oligarchs, and in particular on artificial intelligence, shows, in my opinion, that this capitalism has in Do not need democracy “, alert Claire Fita while from the local to the international < EM >” The alliances between Trump and the extreme European right already threaten the political stability of EU “. < P > Faced with this, < EM > a very strong European response “ is now the only answer, underlines the deputy, recalling that the EU S ' is equipped with “anti-coercion instruments in 2023” in order to be able to impose “< EM > Quick retaliation measures” , as the increase in customs duties or the exclusion of certain American companies from the European market. 200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000< P > At the regional level, Carole Delga will address, during the next plenary assembly, the support measures on which the region is already working. < EM > “We initiated discussions with the consular chambers to anticipate the economic impacts and defend the interests of local sectors”, indicate Claire Fita.