France: EU Has Tools To Retaliate Against US Tariffs

• France's Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier stated Brussels is ready to respond to new US tariffs.
• Paris is consulting with EU partners and the European Commission after President Trump's 10% global tariff decision.
• The EU has "appropriate instruments at its disposal" if retaliation becomes necessary.
• Potential responses include the "trade bazooka" (Anti-Coercion Instrument) impacting US tech companies.
• The ACI allows actions like export controls, tariffs on services, and excluding US companies from EU contracts, plus a suspended 90 billion euro retaliatory tariff package.