Insights and Stories on France

U.S. vows 100 per cent tariffs on France’s champagne, cheese over digital tax

Dec. 3, 2019 at 7:58 am CST

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. government on Monday said it may slap punitive duties of up to 100 per cent on US$2.4 billion in imports from France of champagne, handbags, cheese and other products, after concluding that France’s new digital services tax would harm U.S. tech companies. The U.S. […]

China, France sign deals worth $15 bln during visit

Nov. 6, 2019 at 4:31 pm CST

By Dominique Patton Marine Pennetier

Global wheat production to decrease, USDA says

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:11 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Shut out of China, Canada finds canola buyers in drought-damaged Europe

Aug. 22, 2019 at 2:48 pm CDT

By Gus Trompiz Rod Nickel

France’s Hulot calls on parliament to vote against EU-Canada trade deal

Jul. 22, 2019 at 11:59 am CDT

By Geert De Clercq Marine Pennetier

EU says ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture

Apr. 15, 2019 at 6:46 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union is ready to start talks on a trade agreement with the United States and aims to conclude a deal before year-end, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday. The EU approved two areas for negotiation, opposed by France with an abstention from […]

By philip-blenkinsop

French rapeseed farmers destroy 18,000 hectares over GMO risk

Apr. 5, 2019 at 6:33 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — French farmers destroyed a total of 18,000 hectares of rapeseed, more than double the area initially expected, following the discovery of a non-authorized genetically modified organism (GMO) in seeds, German group Bayer said on Friday. Bayer had announced in February that farmers in France and Germany […]

By Reuters

France’s glyphosate exit seen 80 per cent complete by 2021

Jan. 25, 2019 at 3:39 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — France expects to have cut the use of glyphosate herbicide by 80 per cent by early 2021, its agriculture minister said on Friday, less than previously anticipated due to the number of farmers who will qualify for an exemption. In November 2017, President Emmanuel Macron pledged […]

By Reuters

France delays food price rise for farmers after protests

Dec. 5, 2018 at 8:15 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — France, reeling from violent protests over the cost of living, said Wednesday it will delay a planned rise in minimum food prices, incurring the wrath of the main farmers group which urged street action next week. A powerful constituency in French politics, farmers have long complained […]

By Jean-Baptiste Vey Sybille De La Hamaide

Fearful of swine fever, France to put up fence on Belgian border

Oct. 12, 2018 at 6:09 pm CDT

Strasbourg, France | Reuters — France will put up fencing along its border with Belgium to prevent wild boars spreading African swine fever, a virulent livestock disease that could disrupt Europe’s pig industry. France has been on alert for African swine fever since Belgium detected the virus last month among […]

By Reuters