Economics

France Is Said to Leave EU at Risk of Trump Backlash Over Trade

  • Envoys from bloc put off approval of tariff-cut negotiations
  • Green light still seen this month as France holds out
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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European Union ambassadors put off giving the green light for trade talks with the U.S. as France continues to withhold its consent, according to two officials familiar with the deliberations.