Le Maire: Europe Ready to Retaliate If U.S. Moves With Tariffs

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says in Washington the settlement in Boeing-Airbus case “would be the best case scenario for both continents. But if the U.S. administration refuses to go this way, Europe is ready to retaliate, in the framework, of course, of the WTO.”

• Le Maire will meet U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday.
• “Since we are in the situation where the IMF, the OECD and all economic experts are explaining to us that in 2020 we should face, clearly, an economic slowdown, I think that our responsibility is to do our best to avoid that kind ...