I Sign of the spatial part of the J.J interaction

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Is the ##A_\mu J^\mu## interaction energy between two separated identical current densities positive (repulsive) or negative (attractive) ?
I think it is negative because of the ##g_{\mu \nu}## metric tensor, but I am not sure.
 
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