A senior source close to President Macron warned Paris would not back down in its bid to impose huge levies on US tech giants and block American firms from winning lucrative government contracts

The EU-US trade deal prompted a backlash in Europe on Monday, with France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou saying that the bloc had “resigned itself into submission”.

France and Germany are furious over a new US-EU trade deal struck between President Trump and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. Germany’s Chancellor says it will "substantially damage" the economy,