Death of U.K. High Street, U.S. Tariffs on France: Eco Day

(Bloomberg) --

Welcome to Tuesday, Europe. Here's the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started:

The U.S. proposed tariffs on roughly $2.4 billion in French products, in response to a tax on digital revenues that hits large American tech companies including Google, Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc
- President Donald Trump is reinstating tariffs on steel and aluminum from Argentina and Brazil, accusing them of depreciating their currencies to the detriment of U.S. farmers
America's two most-watched manufacturing surveys pointed in different directions in November, and economists and investors can't seem to agree on which one paints the more accurate picture
The death of the U.K. high street is hitting women the hardest
For years, low inflation looked like a classic rich-world problem. Plenty of developing economies now have it too.
Christine Lagarde said the ECB will be “resolute” in restoring euro-zone price stability under her presidency
Angela Merkel's coalition partner is turning leftwards, but that doesn't mean Germany's chancellor is poised to give into calls for a major fiscal stimulus
China's PMI spread some cheer as the end of year approaches, but the pain is far from over, writes Bloomberg Economics' Chang Shu
Turkish inflation probably bounced back to double-digits in November, possibly limiting the central bank's ability to continue easing monetary policy with lower interest rates

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