France's Finance Minister Eric Lombard called the escalating US-EU trade war "idiotic" on Friday and said he would soon travel to the United States after Washington threatened huge tariffs against French wine and champagne. "By doing this, the United States is hurting itself," Lombard said, describing what he called an "idiotic war".

French Finance Minister Eric Lombard slammed the burgeoning trade war between the US and the EU as "idiotic", promising to travel to the US in the coming days to try to de-escalate the situation. US…

PARIS: French Finance Minister Eric Lombard said on Friday that a possible trade war between the European Union and its ally the United States would b...