The US government has said it will go ahead with a threat to impose additional import duties of 25% on goods from France. The list of products to which this will apply includes leather handbags.

In a statement on July 10, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said it would wait for 180 days before starting to charge importers the extra 25% and said this period would come to an end on January 6.

This decision is a retaliation for a digital services tax that France has said it will impose on US technology firms, which  the USTR described as unreasonable and a measure that would burden or restrict US commerce. 

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