France suggests pause on US-EU trade stand-off


France’s foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says all parties need to take a step back from the 16-year dispute between the US and the EU over subsidies, particularly aircraft. – EPA pic, January 17, 2021.

THE European Union and the US should “pause” a long-running tariff disagreement to allow the issue to be resolved, France’s foreign minister suggested today.

A 16-year spat over aircraft subsidies has turned increasingly sour under the Donald Trump administration, expanding to other products and sectors, and France’s suggestion comes ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration in the coming week.


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