French Labor Minister Muriel Penicaud on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of pursuing protectionist policies that could be sign of possible conflicts on the horizon.

“I understand the point short-term but for the long term … We don’t think that protectionism is a policy,” Penicaud told the Washington Examiner. “Protectionism goes very quickly with nationalism, and that can go with conflict too.”

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