Aw…C’est Dommage.
FOX:
The White House on Saturday announced a 25 percent tariff on $1.3 billion worth of French merchandise, including cosmetics and handbags, after a digital service tax was levied against U.S. tech giants.
The Trump administration reportedly saw the tax as an unfair assault on American companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon.
Senate Finance Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., and ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., supported the president’s decision in a joint statement, according to Politico.
“Retaliatory tariffs aren’t ideal but the French government’s refusal to back down from its unilateral imposition of unfair and punitive taxes on U.S. companies leaves our government with no choice,” the statement read.
The White House opened an investigation into the tax last year, before it was signed into law, to determine whether or not it “unfairly targets American companies.”
The Office of the United States Trade Representative found the tax to be “unreasonable or discriminatory” and said it “burdens or restricts U.S. commerce.” more here
There is no such thing as an unfair assault on those three.
Ooh la la, Pepe Le Pew won’t like that! 😘
I hope that doesn’t include french fries…
I wonder how much foreign aid we send them?
“I wonder how much foreign aid we send them?”
I wonder how much they lowball their NATO dues. Expecting us to pick up the slack.
Fuck ’em, they eat snails.
Shouldn’t we have a tariff on illegal aliens??
They are mostly muzzie now so who gives a flying fuck about them at all?
Stuff Hollywood uses?
Too bad…