Summary
The Trump administration has ordered French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with Trump’s executive order that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Companies received letters from the U.S. embassy in Paris with a compliance questionnaire to be completed within five days.
French Finance Minister Eric Lombard plans to address this with U.S. counterparts, stating “This practice reflects the values of the new U.S. government. They are not the same as ours.”
You think that things like ‘laws’ and ‘contracts’ mean anything here in the US anymore? How cute.
They have meaning in France. The US doesn’t have any say over that. If the US breaks those contracts then they can be sued in France and French judges can award them penalties.
Yeah, awarding penalties doesn’t mean anything if you can’t enforce it.
The French actually enforce their laws. The US has assets in France that can be seized to cover fines if need be.
I hope that’s true and I hope it happens. I’m concerned because I see examples like the administration successfully exerting pressure on other states to relax their law enforcement in cases like Romania’s prosecution of the Tate brothers.