U.S. Talks on Digital Tax, Tariffs Are Very Tough, Le Maire Says

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says talks on digital tax to avoid trade war with U.S. are “very difficult.”

• “It’s one of the most difficult negotiations I’ve ever been in and it’s far from being won,” Le Maire says on LCI television on Monday
• Le Maire will meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos to try to obtain deal to avoid U.S. sanctions over France’s digital tax
• Le Maire says France is ready to “take steps toward the U.S.” and has made a number of proposals
• NOTE, Jan. 17: EU ...