US eyes tariffs on French imports

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal
Updated December 3 2019 - 1:03pm, first published 12:59pm
Roquefort cheese may be caught up the Trump administration's proposed tariffs on France.
Roquefort cheese may be caught up the Trump administration's proposed tariffs on France.

The US government says it may slap punitive duties of up to 100 per cent on $US2.4 billion ($A3.5 billion) in imports from France of champagne, handbags, Roquefort cheese and other products after concluding that France's new digital services tax would harm US tech companies.

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