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2020-03-29 Europe

France issues call to 'buy French' as coronavirus erodes single market

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-29 05:13|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Sounds like a prudent, common-sense response to me.

Hat tip to Monsieur Le Maire. Perhaps one day, when all this unpleasantness is over, he might develop an interest in US Politics.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-29 05:21|| 2020-03-29 05:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Hypocrisy is the cornerstone of international relations. And, I guess, I approve of anything that is a cause for concern for Brussels

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-29 05:43|| 2020-03-29 05:43|| Front Page Top

#3 p.s. France exports from United States

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-29 06:45|| 2020-03-29 06:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Frexit?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-29 09:19|| 2020-03-29 09:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Really clear nations need to support certain vital industries no matter what. Food production is an obvious example. I'd say pharmaceuticals as well. We've been foolish for decades offshoring things an enemy could then restrict, or tamper with.

Posted by ruprecht 2020-03-29 11:35|| 2020-03-29 11:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Foolish? Mor like malfeasance.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-03-29 12:12|| 2020-03-29 12:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Food security is a pretty basic function of a (viable) society, never mind a state.

Obviously, conditions vary and most entities can't achieve it without at least some "outsourcing" and trade.

France is one the few countries in the world that could pull this off if it needed to.

This has some fascinating implications for the EU down the road, given that France is one of the two core states of the union.

I figured the EU would gradually recede into an empty shell ala NATO, or at best be reduced to a "Charlemagnic core" -- but this crisis (and the ones that will follow) is going to speed up that process, and make it more dramatic and sudden than I thought.

Posted by charger 2020-03-29 13:22|| 2020-03-29 13:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Food, pharmaceuticals, steel and computers all all strategic assets. There may be others but it's the height of folly to let China corner the market in any of them.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-03-29 17:07|| 2020-03-29 17:07|| Front Page Top

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