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French minister says EU can go further in response to US tariffs
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Posted on March 12, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 12, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
France's minister suggests the EU may intensify its response to US tariffs, with potential new measures on digital services.
PARIS (Reuters) -France's European Affairs Minister, Benjamin Haddad, said on Wednesday the European Union could go further in its response to U.S. tariffs, though a trade war was in no-one's interest.
President Donald Trump's increased tariffs on all U.S. steel and aluminium imports took effect on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign to reorder global trade norms in favour of the U.S. that drew swift retaliation from Europe.
In response, the European Commission said it will impose counter tariffs on 26 billion euros ($28.33 billion) worth of U.S. goods from next month.
The commission said it will end the current suspension of tariffs on U.S. products on April 1 and will also put forward a new package of countermeasures on U.S. goods by mid-April.
"We have the means to go further, if we want," Haddad told TF1 TV.
"For example, if it came to a situation where we had to go further, digital services or intellectual property could be included," he added.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Andrew Heavens)
The article discusses the EU's potential response to increased US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
Benjamin Haddad is France's European Affairs Minister who commented on the EU's response to US tariffs.
The European Commission plans to impose counter tariffs on US goods and may introduce further measures.
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