https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France’s champagne producers are to cut the amount of grapes to be made into the region’s celebrated fizz by 10 percent due to an uncertain economic outlook. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250724/champagne-makers-cut-harvest-as-global-outlook-fizzles-out Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:47:45 +0200 champagne-makers-cut-harvest-as-global-outlook-fizzles-out Ireland on Friday deepened its links with France in the wake of Brexit by opening an honorary consulate in the western port of Roscoff. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220903/ireland-deepens-france-links-with-brittany-consulate Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:20:14 +0200 ireland-deepens-france-links-with-brittany-consulate The French government warned on Tuesday that it was weighing reprisals after Britain set new rules governing access for French fishing boats near the Channel Islands, the latest skirmish in a deepening post-Brexit dispute. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210504/france-rejects-british-fishing-demands-as-brexit-row-deepens Tue, 04 May 2021 10:16:19 +0200 france-rejects-british-fishing-demands-as-brexit-row-deepens France on Tuesday threatened "reprisals" against Britain unless a post-Brexit deal on fishing rights is implemented, the latest sign of cross-Channel tensions over the highly sensitive sector. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210427/france-threatens-reprisals-over-brexit-fishing-deal Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:12:05 +0200 france-threatens-reprisals-over-brexit-fishing-deal The French government called for a quick implementation of a post-Brexit accord on mutual access to fishing waters on Friday, after French fisherman blocked trucks trying to bring in catches from Britain overnight. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210424/brexit-fishing-tensions-flare-after-french-blockade Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:43:52 +0200 brexit-fishing-tensions-flare-after-french-blockade British grocery chain Marks & Spencer has closed one of its Paris stores after weeks of Brexit-related food shortages, although the company says the closure is not related to the empty shelves. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210210/marks-spencer-closes-a-paris-store-after-weeks-of-brexit-related-food-shortages Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:16:26 +0100 marks-spencer-closes-a-paris-store-after-weeks-of-brexit-related-food-shortages Cross-Channel freight traffic between Britain and France was moving smoothly on Friday in the first hours after London's exit from the EU customs union, dispelling fears of immediate snarl-ups in the wake of the historic change. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210101/no-bottlenecks-frances-bustling-calais-port-ready-for-brexit Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:11:01 +0100 no-bottlenecks-frances-bustling-calais-port-ready-for-brexit Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to carry on post-Brexit trade talks after a call between leaders on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201213/uk-and-eu-enter-final-crisis-talk-to-decide-fate-of-brexit-trade-deal Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:02:39 +0100 uk-and-eu-enter-final-crisis-talk-to-decide-fate-of-brexit-trade-deal France could use its veto to block a post-Brexit deal with the United Kingdom if it does not meet Paris' demands, especially on fishing, Europe Minister Clement Beaune warned on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201204/france-could-veto-bad-brexit-deal-europe-minister Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:01:18 +0100 france-could-veto-bad-brexit-deal-europe-minister French fishermen must not be sidelined in post-Brexit talks, a French minister insisted Monday, saying London and Brussels were "still very far from agreement" on the trade issues. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201201/brexit-our-french-fishermen-are-as-important-as-the-british-minister-warns Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:39:10 +0100 brexit-our-french-fishermen-are-as-important-as-the-british-minister-warns France is blocking the launch of trade talks with the US, exasperating its EU partners who fear a restart to a trade war with President Donald Trump, diplomats said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190329/france-blocks-trade-talks-with-the-us-angering-eu-diplomats Fri, 29 Mar 2019 18:30:00 +0100 france-blocks-trade-talks-with-the-us-angering-eu-diplomats French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday he viewed talks between US President Donald Trump and EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker as "useful", but he was "not in favour" of a "vast new trade deal" between the European Union and the United States. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180727/macron-not-in-favour-of-vast-new-us-eu-trade-deal Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:52:19 +0200 macron-not-in-favour-of-vast-new-us-eu-trade-deal Europe could end up rueing a potential new deal between China and the United States after the two sides stepped back from a trade war, France's Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire warned on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180520/absurd-and-incomprehensible-us-china-trade-deal-could-cost-europe-french-minister Sun, 20 May 2018 17:00:51 +0200 absurd-and-incomprehensible-us-china-trade-deal-could-cost-europe-french-minister France, along with the UK and Germany -- the European Union's three largest economies -- agree on the need to be "ready to react" to trade tariffs imposed by the United States, France's presidency said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180430/france-says-eu-must-be-ready-to-react-to-us-trade-tariffs Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:47:18 +0200 france-says-eu-must-be-ready-to-react-to-us-trade-tariffs France criticized Washington's trade tactics on Friday, demanding Europe be permanently exempt from US steel tariffs, while refusing to be drawn into a "vain and pointless" trade fight with China. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180421/france-rejects-vain-and-pointless-trade-fight-with-china Sat, 21 Apr 2018 11:13:01 +0200 france-rejects-vain-and-pointless-trade-fight-with-china French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday warned his US counterpart Donald Trump against forging ahead with planned tariffs on European steel and aluminium, saying it risked starting a mutually destructive "trade war". https://www.thelocal.fr/20180310/macron-warns-trump-all-sides-would-lose-in-trade-war Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:07:47 +0100 macron-warns-trump-all-sides-would-lose-in-trade-war France "regrets" US President Donald Trump's announcement of duties on steel and aluminium imports to the United States, the Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180309/there-will-only-be-losers-france-laments-donald-trumps-new-tariffs Fri, 09 Mar 2018 09:35:38 +0100 there-will-only-be-losers-france-laments-donald-trumps-new-tariffs French employers on Thursday urged efforts be redoubled to keep alive a contested massive free trade deal between the EU and the United States. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160923/ttip-french-business-leaders-urge-rescue-of-eu-us-trade-talks Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:58:26 +0200 ttip-french-business-leaders-urge-rescue-of-eu-us-trade-talks French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Sunday blasted a planned EU-US trade treaty, saying the ambitious deal was against "EU interests." https://www.thelocal.fr/20160626/transatlantic-trade-deal-against-eu-interests-french-pm Sun, 26 Jun 2016 17:59:31 +0200 transatlantic-trade-deal-against-eu-interests-french-pm France will never sacrifice its labels such as Champagne and Roquefort as part of any future trade deal between the European Union and the US, says the country's president. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160601/france-to-defend-cheese-and-champagne-from-us Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:03:50 +0200 france-to-defend-cheese-and-champagne-from-us