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 US President Donald Trump has announced a travel ban from most European countries in response to the coronavirus spread. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200312/trump-imposes-travel-ban-from-europe-over-coronavirus-outbreak Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:50:29 +0100 trump-imposes-travel-ban-from-europe-over-coronavirus-outbreak France wants to reach a deal with the US on taxing tech giants by a G7 meeting in late August, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190728/france-aims-for-us-digital-tax-deal-by-late-august-despite-trump-oposition Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:44:25 +0200 france-aims-for-us-digital-tax-deal-by-late-august-despite-trump-oposition US President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into France's planned tax on internet services that will hit American tech giants especially hard, officials said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190711/trump-orders-investigation-into-frances-planned-tax-on-tech-giants Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:31:27 +0200 trump-orders-investigation-into-frances-planned-tax-on-tech-giants French president Emmanuel Macron will send a replacement oak tree to US President Donald Trump after the original was dug up from the White House garden and died. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190613/macron-offers-trump-replacement-friendship-tree Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:10:57 +0200 macron-offers-trump-replacement-friendship-tree US President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at France for unfair tariffs on "great" American wine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190611/trump-threatens-to-put-tariffs-on-french-wine-again Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:22:37 +0200 trump-threatens-to-put-tariffs-on-french-wine-again US President Donald Trump has said that he will attend ceremonies to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy that broke Nazi Germany's grip on France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190412/trump-to-visit-france-to-commemorate-75th-anniversary-of-normandy-landings Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:55:50 +0200 trump-to-visit-france-to-commemorate-75th-anniversary-of-normandy-landings After hooded rioters torched and looted shops in Paris' fabled tourist areas, President Donald Trump took aim at France suggesting its climate policy was to blame. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190317/trump-taunts-france-after-paris-protests Sun, 17 Mar 2019 08:09:18 +0100 trump-taunts-france-after-paris-protests The United States is "very optimistic" that France and Britain will participate in a residual force that US President Donald Trump wants to leave in Syria, his national security advisor said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190310/us-optimistic-france-britain-will-join-stay-behind-syria-force Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:25:33 +0100 us-optimistic-france-britain-will-join-stay-behind-syria-force US President Donald Trump seems to be under the impression that French yellow vest protesters want him to save their country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181205/no-donald-french-yellow-vest-protesters-were-not-chanting-we-want-trump Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:31:09 +0100 no-donald-french-yellow-vest-protesters-were-not-chanting-we-want-trump US President Donald Trump has popped up in the French city of Strasbourg, on posters reminding voters of what is at stake in elections for the European Parliament next year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181123/vote-or-get-this-trump-appears-on-french-election-posters Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:41:34 +0100 vote-or-get-this-trump-appears-on-french-election-posters US President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a volley of sarcastic and angry tweets aimed at settling a few scores with French president Emmanuel Macron after his recent visit to Paris. Trump chided his French counterpart over his low approval ratings and France's "unfair" wine tariffs. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181113/trump-they-were-learning-german-in-paris-before-the-us-came-along Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:25:11 +0100 trump-they-were-learning-german-in-paris-before-the-us-came-along US President Donald Trump, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and dozens of other world leaders joined France's Emmanuel Macron in commemorating the centenary of the end of World War I in a solemn ceremony in Paris on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181111/trump-and-putin-join-macron-in-solemn Sun, 11 Nov 2018 13:16:13 +0100 trump-and-putin-join-macron-in-solemn US President Donald Trump on Saturday called off a trip to a World War I US military cemetery in France because of bad weather, the White House said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181110/trump-cancels-us-military-cemetery-visit-due-to-weather Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:18:19 +0100 trump-cancels-us-military-cemetery-visit-due-to-weather France on Saturday attempted to defuse a row sparked by President Emmanuel Macron's comments about a European army which angered US President Donald Trump, suggesting his remarks had been misinterpreted. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181110/macrons-eu-army-comment-misinterpreted-elysse Sat, 10 Nov 2018 13:12:59 +0100 macrons-eu-army-comment-misinterpreted-elysse US President Donald Trump on Friday blasted calls by Emmanuel Macron for a European army to defend against threats from powers including the US as "very insulting", setting a combative tone for his World War 1-themed visit to Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181110/trump-in-paris-blasts-macrons-insulting-eu-army-proposal Sat, 10 Nov 2018 10:07:32 +0100 trump-in-paris-blasts-macrons-insulting-eu-army-proposal Fewer French people have a negative image of American President Donald Trump, a new poll has revealed and there's one main reason why. However the French are from desperate to have their own version of Trump in the Elysée Palace. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181109/image-of-donald-trump-improves-among-french-people Fri, 09 Nov 2018 11:01:12 +0100 image-of-donald-trump-improves-among-french-people US President Donald Trump will not attend a conference organised in Paris this weekend to discuss democracy and multilateralism, organisers said Thursday, in a snub to French President Emmanuel Macron. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181108/trump-to-snub-macrons-peace-forum-on-armistice-weekend Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:51:10 +0100 trump-to-snub-macrons-peace-forum-on-armistice-weekend President Trump's decision to pull the US out of the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran and reimpose a raft of sanctions will hit a number of French and European businesses working in Iran. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180805/french-firms-big-losers-in-trumps-new-iranian-sanctions-game Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:35:04 +0200 french-firms-big-losers-in-trumps-new-iranian-sanctions-game US President Donald Trump allies Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani on Saturday urged regime change in Iran, saying the prospect was closer than ever after the Islamic Republic was hit by a wave of strikes and protests. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180701/trump-allies-push-for-iran-regime-change-at-paris-rally Sun, 01 Jul 2018 04:01:07 +0200 trump-allies-push-for-iran-regime-change-at-paris-rally When they met in April at the White House, President Donald Trump suggested to his French counterpart that France should quit the European Union and sign a bilateral trade deal with the US, The Washington Post reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180630/trump-told-macron-that-france-should-quit-eu-report Sat, 30 Jun 2018 05:18:52 +0200 trump-told-macron-that-france-should-quit-eu-report