The European Union’s response to Trump may include technology companies

French Finance Minister Eric Lombard said that the European Union’s response to American customs duties may include organizing the use of data of major American technology companies, according to Bloomberg News Agency on Saturday.
“We have several tools at the European level, organizational, financial and customs,” Lombard said in an interview published by the JD newspaper late Saturday.

Customs

He added: “For example, we can enhance certain environmental requirements or organize the use of data produced by certain digital companies.”
On April 2, US President Donald Trump announced comprehensive fees for imports to the United States, including 20 % fees for goods from the European Union, as part of his efforts to reorganize the World Trade System.
The bloc, the largest commercial partner of the United States, pledged to take revenge on counter -procedures if necessary, including through its customs fees and tax bodies and targeting American technology companies.