Tag: Commerce and Exchanges
the Channel Tunnel celebrates its thirtieth anniversary
The Channel Tunnel celebrates its thirtieth birthday on Monday May 6, 2024. Fifty kilometers long, it connects France and England on dry land. A look back at an infrastructure that…
faced with power cuts, the country suspends its exports of liquefied natural gas
In anticipation of the summer heatwave, Egypt is seeking to secure its energy. Cairo announces the suspension of all its exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from May 2024. The…
In Morocco, Bruno Le Maire is betting on energy to warm up Paris-Rabat diplomatic relations
For his third visit to Morocco, the French Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, is received with open arms. Two days spent in Rabat under the sign of…
French cognac at the heart of the trade war with China
The European Union is launching a commercial investigation targeting European spirits sold in China. Beijing suspects certain EU countries of subsidizing these products to then sell them at a higher…
26 agreements or memorandums of understanding signed
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Baghdad is coming to an end. But before taking the road to Iraqi Kurdistan, where he will meet the president of the semi-autonomous province, a…
Arms exports: France on the world podium
Arms imports into Europe have almost doubled over the last 5 years. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) reveals that over the period 2019-2023, due to the war in…
The United States bans the import of several Russian metals
Washington banned, on Friday April 12, the importation into the United States of aluminum, copper and nickel of Russian origin, as part of additional sanctions taken with the United Kingdom…
Chinese wind power is not on the rise in the European Union
New standoff between Beijing and the European Union (EU). This is the third time in two months that China has been targeted. After electric vehicles, rail and solar panels, Europe…
Internet ivory trade continues in the EU despite restrictions
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) noted this by examining online sales and auction sites in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany. 2 mins After China…
To counter Chinese products in Europe, France defends the idea of “European preference”
The French, Italian and German Economy Ministers met on Monday April 8 in the Paris region to define a common industrial policy in areas as strategic as artificial intelligence or…