A senior source close to President Macron warned Paris would not back down in its bid to impose huge levies on US tech giants and block American firms from winning lucrative government contracts

Some French cabinet members have aired their sharp disapproval of the agreement with the United States. The prime minister called it “a dark day.”

France and Germany are furious over a new US-EU trade deal struck between President Trump and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. Germany’s Chancellor says it will "substantially damage" the economy,