{"id":106098,"date":"2025-03-14T09:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/eric-lombard-deplores-an-silly-war-with-the-united-states-concerning-customs-duties\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T09:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:06:18","slug":"eric-lombard-deplores-an-silly-war-with-the-united-states-concerning-customs-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/eric-lombard-deplores-an-silly-war-with-the-united-states-concerning-customs-duties\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Lombard deplores an &#8220;silly war&#8221; with the United States concerning customs duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5584\/3725\/556\/0\/75\/0\/0cf9811_ftp-import-images-1-m23mkmdxcuph-5308295-01-06.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5584\/3725\/600\/0\/75\/0\/0cf9811_ftp-import-images-1-m23mkmdxcuph-5308295-01-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5584\/3725\/664\/0\/75\/0\/0cf9811_ftp-import-images-1-m23mkmdxcuph-5308295-01-06.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5584\/3725\/700\/0\/75\/0\/0cf9811_ftp-import-images-1-m23mkmdxcuph-5308295-01-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5584\/3725\/800\/0\/75\/0\/0cf9811_ftp-import-images-1-m23mkmdxcuph-5308295-01-06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Le ministre de l\u2019\u00e9conomie et des finances, Eric Lombard, \u00e0 Paris, le 13\u00a0mars 2025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5584\/3725\/664\/0\/75\/0\/0cf9811_ftp-import-images-1-m23mkmdxcuph-5308295-01-06.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Economy and Finance, Eric Lombard, in Paris, March 13, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The Minister of Economy and Finance, Eric Lombard, in Paris, March 13, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Thomas Samson \/ AFP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard, regretted on Friday March 14 <em>&#8220;IdiTe War&#8221;<\/em> With the United States, after the threats of Donald Trump, the day before, to impose on France and more broadly on the European Union (EU) of customs duties of 200 % on their champagnes, wines and other alcohols.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \"><em>&#8220;The United States, doing this, are hurting&#8221;<\/em>estimated Eric Lombard in the program &#8220;Les 4 truths&#8221; on France 2. <em>&#8220;We are going to be in a climbing phase: they taxed European steel and aluminum at 25 %, we answered, they respond again. It happened like that eight years ago \u201d<\/em>he continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Since his return to power in January, the American president has launched a series of commercial offensives against his allies as his competitors, saying that the United States was unjustly treated in international trade.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    Donald Trump intensifies trade war by increasing customs duties on steel and aluminum <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3413811\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/economie\/article\/2025\/03\/12\/avec-l-acier-et-l-aluminium-trump-s-enfonce-un-peu-plus-dans-la-guerre-commerciale_6579526_3234.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">&#8220;Reduce the tension&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The EU had announced customs duties on several American products on Wednesday, including Bourbon, motorcycles and boats, in retaliation for American surcharges of 25 % in force on the same day on steel and aluminum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \"><em>&#8220;We know that Trump is a negotiator and that his way of negotiating is first to increase customs duties&#8221;<\/em>estimated Eric Lombard. And <em>&#8220;If we want to be able to negotiate with him, we have to put ourselves on equal arms&#8221;<\/em>he justified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Questioned Friday on Sud Radio, the Minister of Commerce V\u00e9ronique Louwagie said that there was <em>&#8220;Another list of 90 pages that is ready at European level to tax other products from the United States&#8221;<\/em>but without detail which ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Canada announced Thursday that it has filed a complaint before the World Trade Organization (WTO), believing that these taxes were going <em>&#8220;Against the obligations of the United States&#8221;<\/em> in matters of international trade. <em>&#8220;We have to chat with the Americans to reduce the tension&#8221;<\/em>said Eric Lombard, adding that he would go to the United States <em>&#8220;In the coming days&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    Customs duties: the EU wants to tax up to 26 billion euros in American goods, a &#8220;firm and proportionate&#8221; response to Donald Trump measures <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3413877\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/economie\/article\/2025\/03\/12\/droits-de-douane-premiere-riposte-de-bruxelles-qui-veut-taxer-jusqu-a-26-milliards-d-euros-de-marchandises-americaines_6579617_3234.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">  <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">                      Reuse this content   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Economy and Finance, Eric Lombard, in Paris, March 13, 2025. 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