PARIS: France, trying to minimise US penalties against BNP Paribas bank on charges of breaking US sanctions, said on Tuesday that a reported US$10bil fine was excessive and warned it could damage trans-Atlantic trade talks.
The remarks from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ramp up French concern at the size, manner and likely effects of the expected fine.
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