Trump Calls Trade Dispute With France Minor, Says Solution Probable

Trump Calls Trade Dispute With France Minor, Says Solution Probable

President Donald Trump on Tuesday during a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart Emanuel Macron characterized trade tensions over France's tax on digital services as minor and suggested the dispute could be worked out

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd December, 2019) President Donald Trump on Tuesday during a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart Emanuel Macron characterized trade tensions over France's tax on digital services as minor and suggested the dispute could be worked out.

"We have a minor dispute, I think we'll probably be able to work it out," Trump said as he met Macron on the sidelines of the NATO summit in London. "We have a big trade relationship, and I'm sure that within a short period of time things will be looking pretty rosy. That's usually the case with the two of us."

The United States has proposed retaliatory tariffs of $2.4 billion, including levies on French wine and cheese, over the tax that would hit big US tech firms such as Google and Facebook.