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France Eyes US Big Tech in EU Retaliation to Trump’s Tariffs

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By William Horobin and Nayla Razzouk

April 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM UTC

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France is pushing for the European Union to hit US tech companies in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, in a move that would broaden the trade war to the vast services sector.

The EU, the US’s largest trading partner, has vowed to retaliate after Trump announced a 20% tariff on the bloc’s exports in his bid to dismantle the global trading system.