The US administration announced that it will impose an additional tariff of 25 percent on French imports valued at $ 1.3 billion.
According to Reuters, the move is in response to France's new tax on digital services.
But the US administration will delay applying the new fees by up to 180 days.
The US Trade Representative's office said the move would affect French goods such as cosmetics and handbags.
He said that the postponement of the application would allow more time to solve the problem, including discussions in the framework of the Economic Cooperation and Development Group.
The US move comes in the wake of an American investigation that concluded that the French tax discriminates against American technology companies such as Google, Facebook, and Apple.
