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Rated by Participant: E97824451D6798812787020805D45FA594909E6F650EB25B7FDB39C4277AEA27
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The post is incorrect. Trump did stop a trade war with France by threatening retaliatory tariffs on French goods, which forced French President Macron to suspend a tax on American tech giants. In return, Trump postponed the tariffs, effectively ending the trade war. https://www.politico.eu/article/trumps-latest-trade-war-french-champagne-vs-google-taxes/ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/another-trade-war-is-brewing-this-time-between-france-and-the-us-1.4105611 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/business/france-US-digital-tax.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/politics/trump-french-wine-tariffs-macron/index.html
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