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 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 UPDATED: France on Tuesday took aim at a vast but controversial EU-US pact to create a free-trade zone covering 850 million people, with President Francois Hollande threatening to veto it as it stands. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160504/united-states-france-ttip-stubbornness-could-end-eu-trade-deal-says-france Wed, 04 May 2016 09:50:02 +0200 united-states-france-ttip-stubbornness-could-end-eu-trade-deal-says-france France says it is ready to pull out of talks over the controversial Transatlantic free-trade agreement between the EU and the US, because the "secretive" negotiations were favouring American interests over French ones. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150928/france-warns-us-over-transatlantic-treaty Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:08:48 +0200 france-warns-us-over-transatlantic-treaty The proposed free trade zone between the EU and the US is at the centre of a political struggle in France, with the government looking set to make a U-turn over its stance towards one of the most controversial elements of the agreement. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150227/french-set-for-u-turn-on-us-trade-agreement Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:43:00 +0100 french-set-for-u-turn-on-us-trade-agreement