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and the EU negotiated a trade deal last summer, but it's actually not been ratified by the European Parliament.
And they could hold that back, and there are now calls for them to do so.
And they've already identified $93 billion worth of U.S.
goods that they could slap tariffs on.
And there's something else they could use.
It's a mechanism that's being referred to as the trade bazooka, which could enact huge restrictions on U.S.
companies having access to the EU market, which is a market of 450 million consumers.
It's massive and lucrative, so that could be a real threat.
And here's Eleanor Beardsley reporting.
Quentin Durand died of his injuries after being attacked by several people while far-left and far-right groups clashed in the southern city of Lyon.
The killing is being blamed on a left-wing anti-fascist youth group.
Macron's centrist government and even mainstream left socialists are blaming rhetoric from the hard-left France Unbowed Party for fueling the violence that led to the 23-year-old's death.
Three-time presidential contender Jean-Luc MΓ©lenchon is head of France Unbowed and says those who attacked Deranque have, quote, dishonored themselves.
But he also evoked acts of far-right violence β
The incident has fueled tension between France's far right and left ahead of municipal elections next month and the 2027 presidential race.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
Ukrainians know there are other wars, Sudan and Gaza, to attract the world's attention and sympathies.
But Ukrainian human rights lawyer and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandr Matvichuk says this war is different.