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By William Horobin and Helene Fouquet

July 11, 2019 at 7:42 AM UTC

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July 11, 2019 at 10:32 AM UTC

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France won’t back off from its planned tax on companies like Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google even after the U.S. suggested it may use trade tools against the levy.