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Europe is crippling its own economies far more than any Trump tariff could

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French President Emmanuel Macron is wrong to laugh off President Donald Trump’s latest threat to slap a 100% tariff on French wine and champagne if Paris doesn’t nix its 3% “digital tax” on top tech companies — and not just because it angers Washington.

The French figure it’s a clever way to ding those annoying American tech bros — the French openly call it the “GAFAM tax” because it slams Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft.

That’s what it was designed to do, by targeting companies with sales of at least $860 million worldwide and $28 million in France — levels........

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