US tells French companies to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-diversity order

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The Trump administration has sent a letter to some large French organizations that warned them to comply with an executive order to ban variety, equity and inclusion programs.

The letter sent by the American Embassy in Paris TrumpAccording to a person familiar with this, the executive order has been applied for outside US agencies if they are the supplier or service provider of the American government.

The embassy also sent a question paper that instructs the companies to prove their consent. The document that the Financial Times has seen is the title of “applicable Federal Anti -Discrimination Act” certificate related to compliance.

The document states “State department contractors must certify that they do not conduct any DII promotion program that violates the anti -discriminatory law and agrees that this national certificate is the material for the decision to pay the government and therefore subject to false claims.”

Documents indicate that after the Trump administration started crackdown against the DII its campaign against DII US media groups such as DisneyThe

A senior Banker in Paris said he was shocked in the letter. “It’s crazy. … but everything is possible now. The most powerful rule is now.”

The French Finance Ministry has expressed concern after some of the companies involved in this step.

“This practice reflects the values ​​of the new US government they are not like us,” said a person FranceIts Economy Minister Eric Lomord. “The ministry will remind the US government its associates.”

The existence of the letter was first reported to Les -Chos News.

The outgoing action in the United States has come up with intense tension with the Trump administration and Europe’s economic and protection policies because the country is especially trade from its traditional talented allies and the full-scale aggression of Russia in Russia.

Trump imposed an additional 25 percent tariff on auto sector imports in the US this week and increased tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports. The EU is working on mutual tariffs in response, but it has not yet decided which products will be noticed.

This week was completely relieved of Trump officials’ attitude towards Europe when the message about the US attack plan in Yemen was leaked to American media. “I hate to bail Europe again,” Vice-President JD Vans writes in a signal chat group. Defense Secretary Pete reacted to Hegsate, “This is mercy”.

France Tradition was not a place where the DII programs took root due to legal constraints in collecting ethnic and ethnic information. Appointrs are not allowed to factor the source of the people in the decision to recruit or promote.

However, French companies that have been potentially published by US claims include aircraft and defense groups, consultant suppliers and infrastructure agencies. Could not immediately determine which companies received the letter.

According to Les Ichos, the letter is concluded: “If you are not willing to sign this document, we would be grateful if you could please give us the details, which we would forward to our legal department.”