Certain French sectors are especially reliant on exports to the United States and risk being hit hard by the 20% tariffs announced by Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Despite previous reservations, France held a meeting with 10 EU countries to discuss a possible trade deal with Latin America's Mercosur bloc, a day after the United States unleashed a global trade war,

The foreign minister of Iran's direct adversary Israel will be in Paris on Thursday. Diplomatic sources said ministers from France, Britain and Germany were hoping to discuss the Iran dossier with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio when they convene in Brussels for a NATO ministerial meeting this week.

French media reported last week that major French companies received a letter telling them that President Trump’s rollback of DEI initiatives could also apply outside of the United States.

France still hopes Europe will avoid a trade war with the United States but it would reply with reciprocal measures if tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump went ahead on Wednesday, said commerce and trade minister Laurent Saint-Martin.

Is Britain poorer than Mississippi? Taking into account welfare benefits and taxes, the answer appears to be yes, and it's yes for many other European countries

Ministers from France and Belgium pushed back strongly on the effort by the Trump administration to spread its anti-DEI policies, which have taken aim at universities, companies, government contractors and security services worldwide.

French President Emmanuel Macron was quick to respond to US President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs on the European Union by urging businesses in the world’s largest trading bloc to halt spending on the US.