EU to target US online services after Trump tariffs: France

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The European Union is 'ready for a commercialized   war', says French authorities  spokeswoman Sophie PrimasThe European Union is 'ready for a commercialized war', says French authorities spokeswoman Sophie Primas. Photo: Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP
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The European Union is "ready for a commercialized war" with the United States and plans to "attack online services" successful effect to Donald Trump's caller tariffs, the French authorities spokeswoman said Thursday.

"We are beauteous definite that we are so going to spot an adverse effect connected production," Sophie Primas told broadcaster RTL, expressing peculiar interest astir the "strong" interaction connected vino and spirits.

"We person a full scope of tools and we are acceptable for this commercialized war," she added. "Then we volition look astatine however we can enactment our accumulation industries."

Trump "thinks helium is the maestro of the world", Primas added.

"It is an imperialist stance that we had somewhat forgotten about, but which is returning with large unit and large determination."

On Wednesday, US President Trump unveiled stinging tariffs connected large commercialized partners including China and the European Union connected what helium called "Liberation Day".

Primas said the EU was preparing a two-stage response, with "an archetypal response", to beryllium enactment successful spot astir mid-April, concerning aluminium and steel.

Then the EU volition people "all products and services", with the measures astir apt acceptable astatine the extremity of April, she said, adding this was inactive being discussed.

"But we are besides going to onslaught services. For example, online services, which are not taxed contiguous but could be," Primas said.

The EU's effect could besides interest "access to our procurement contracts", she said.

President Emmanuel Macron volition conscionable Thursday with representatives of French sectors "impacted by the tariff measures" announced by Trump, his bureau said.

The gathering is acceptable to instrumentality spot astatine 1400 GMT.

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