“The degradation of foreign trade sends us a real alert signal” | EUROtoday

Aged 40 years previous, Laurent Saint-Martin is among the survivors of the Barnier authorities during which he held the features of Minister of Budget and Public Accounts between September and December 2024. Previously, this graduate of EDHEC led the general public consulting firm Business France, whose mission is to help the event of French corporations and to draw international traders in France. An expertise which is not going to be ineffective in its features as Minister Delegate answerable for international commerce and French from overseas, at a time when world commerce has been turned the wrong way up by the United States.

In the midst of a worldwide customs battle, France is experiencing a transparent degradation of its international commerce. What’s happening?

Everything shouldn’t be black, and the figures of the primary half even include some excellent news somewhat hidden. Services stay specifically a robust level in France, very engaging for vacationers from world wide and for monetary providers after Brexit [effectif depuis 2020]. But, general, sure, the commerce steadiness sends us an actual alert sign, particularly after the settlement concluded between the European Union and the United States [le 27 juillet] which creates a brand new world deal. This obliges us, we, French and European, to behave, to enhance our competitiveness, to speed up if we don’t wish to be relegated. You must shake your self!

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