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China warns France over proposed tariffs

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La merde just got sérieuse. On February 9, France’s Haut-Commissariat à la Stratégie et au Plan (HCSP), a public policy advisory body that reports to the prime minister, issued an earthquake of a policy report.

The report urged the EU to adopt aggressive trade defense measures targeting China, incl...