On Wednesday, US President Trump unveiled stinging tariffs on major trade partners including China and the European Union on what he called “Liberation Day”.
Primas said the EU was preparing a two-stage response, with “an initial response”, to be put in place around mid-April, concerning aluminium and steel.
Then the EU will target “all products and services”, with the measures probably ready at the end of April, she said, adding this was still being discussed.
“But we are also going to attack services. For example, online services, which are not taxed today but could be,” Primas said.
The EU’s response could also concern “access to our procurement contracts”, she said.
President Emmanuel Macron will meet on Thursday with representatives of French sectors “impacted by the tariff measures” announced by Trump, his office said.
The meeting is set to take place at 2pm GMT.
