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Let Them Eat Tariffs Is New Corporate Mantra in France
Let Them Eat Tariffs Is New Corporate Mantra in France

Bloomberg

time4 days ago

  • Business
  • Bloomberg

Let Them Eat Tariffs Is New Corporate Mantra in France

Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I'm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent. If you haven't yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter. French business executives are days away from facing up to the final number of what is politely known in the lexicon as an 'asymmetric' trade agreement: The new tariff rate that will be imposed by the Trump administration on European goods, from plane engines to cars to wines, without a response in kind going the other way. Considering the US's recent hardball threats of as much as 30%, the mood in Paris is curiously calm.

Small Boats and Big Nukes Dominate Macron's UK Visit
Small Boats and Big Nukes Dominate Macron's UK Visit

Bloomberg

time11-07-2025

  • Business
  • Bloomberg

Small Boats and Big Nukes Dominate Macron's UK Visit

Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I'm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent. If you haven't yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter. The Franco-British relationship is better than it used to be during the bitter saga of Brexit, when Paris and London traded blows over trade, fish and finance – and when the UK couldn't even decide publicly whether France was friend or foe. Yet even as geopolitics presses the two countries closer, some scars will take a long time to heal.

Paris Air Show Braces for Cloudier Skies
Paris Air Show Braces for Cloudier Skies

Bloomberg

time13-06-2025

  • Business
  • Bloomberg

Paris Air Show Braces for Cloudier Skies

Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I'm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent. If you haven't yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter. The Paris Air Show has long been the place to showcase record-breaking airplane orders, argue about who's up or down in the race between Airbus and Boeing and network with peers in swanky corporate chalets. The 2023 show saw mammoth orders from resurgent post pandemic airlines.

Macron Is Mulling a Risky Choice for a Divided Electorate
Macron Is Mulling a Risky Choice for a Divided Electorate

Bloomberg

time06-06-2025

  • Politics
  • Bloomberg

Macron Is Mulling a Risky Choice for a Divided Electorate

By Updated on Save Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I'm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent. If you haven't yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter. It's been a week of political shocks for Poland and the Netherlands, where uneasy coalitions are being pulled apart in a time of Trumpian politics and weaker economic growth. In France, by contrast, things are looking relatively calm despite a clearly divided electorate. Which begs the question: Why is Emmanuel Macron's administration considering changing how elections work?

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