EU to respond 'as one' on US tariff threat against France

• The European Union will answer tariff threats by the United States against France.
• As in all other trade-related matters, the EU will act and react as one and it will remain united.
• The threat was in response to a French digital services tax that Washington.

BRUSSELS: The European Union will answer tariff threats by the United States against France "as one" and urged Washington towards dialogue, an EU spokesman said on Tuesday.

"As in all other trade-related matters, the EU will act and react as one and it will remain united," said EU commission spokesman Daniel Rosario after the US threatened tariffs on French goods on Monday.

The threat was in response to a French digital services tax that Washington says is discriminatory as it singles out US tech giants such as Google and Facebook.