Her indignation was expressed by the president of the regional authority of Rynion, an island of her France In the Indian Ocean, for the duties decided by the US President, Donald Trumpto impose her.
Donald Trump “is an ignorant,” Renion’s president said today (3.4.2025), reacting to the US government’s plans to impose duties on this territory that are different from those he decided on for the rest of the European Union. The impact of the US decision on the island of Renion will be important, as this overseas area of France will see its products taxed at 37%, compared to 20% for the EU and, by extension, France.
For Ugent Belo, the president of the island’s regional authority, “Renion is part of the European Customs System, so special customs duties cannot be imposed on us.”
According to the White House table summarizing the new US duties, French overseas apartments and territories will be subject to separate duties, ranging from 10% for French Antilles, Guyana (South America) and Majot (Indian Ocean) to 50%.
“Regardless of the inconsistencies of these proposals and the dangers they posed for the global economy, some of them seem unrealistic and even legally unfounded,” the island’s administration underlined, criticizing the “misinformation” of the US President.
The volume of commerce between Reunion and the US is low, but not non -existent. According to Iedom, the Bank of France’s overseas instrument, Renion exported 391.3 million euros in goods in 2023. Metropolitan France is the main commercial partner of the island, in front of China and the rest of the European Union, but the overseas area of French.
Trump announcements have caused misconceptions and confusion in French overseas territories.
“This is not even a disguised attack on France is, in some ways, a challenge for the French presence in these territories,” Victorin Lourell, a former minister of overseas territories and senator of the Socialist Party, told reported by reporters.
Source: RES – EIA