France will be 'pugnacious' over new U.S. tariff threat - minister

PARIS (Reuters) - France will be "pugnacious" over the latest U.S. tariff threats on French products and will not go back on its digital tax plan, junior economy minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Tuesday.On Monday, the U.S. government said it may slap punitive duties of up to 100% on $2.4 billion (1.9 billion pounds) of imports from France of champagne, handbags, cheese and other products, after concluding that France's new digital services tax would harm U.S. tech companies."It is very..