How can the EU respond to Trump tariffs?

France suggests targeting Big Tech’s data use in response to US tariffs

France is also considering taxing digital services, French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard tells Le Journal Du Dimanche.

The pace of the European Union is what it is and tariffs are no exception. In the trade clash with Donald Trump, the Community bloc is gradually going, but it has two 'brains' to lead the strategy: Ursula von der Leyen and Maros Sefcovic. The first, as president of the European Commission, is the one that launches the firm messages, the warnings and the one that marks the deadlines for reaction; the second, the Trade Commissioner, is the 'fontan…

Because of the US customs hammer, the EU treaty package is now more attractive to many. Resistance remains in the SVP.

The conviction did not wait. “There seems to be no order in the mess. There is no clear way to overcome the complexity and chaos that is being created,” said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in response to the tariff avalanche unleashed by Donald Trump on April 2. In an unusual break with his security guard, the spokesman for the Taiwan cabinet called Donald Trump’s measures “extremely unreasonable.” Charges “need of a…

France says EU could target US big tech's data use amid Donald Trump's tariffs

In an interview with French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, French finance minister Eric Lombard pointed out that the EU had several tools at its disposal.

EU Answer to Trump May Involve Data Use by Big Tech, France Says

The European Union’s response to US tariffs could include regulating the use of data by American big tech groups, France’s finance minister said in an interview with the JDD newspaper.