France is blocking the launch of trade talks with the US, exasperating its EU partners who fear a restart to a trade war with President Donald Trump, diplomats said on Friday. “The French are blocking, but they are isolated,” a European source told AFP after a Friday meeting of envoys from member states ended without an agreement. The envoys are struggling to decide a mandate to launch the transatlantic negotiations given the opposition of Paris that fears domestic blowback just months ahead of European elections, set for May 22 to 26. Berlin, however, strongly wants the deal in order to...