Around the world, French products have a good reputation

From our correspondents in Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Moscow and Beijing

All over the world, we buy French products. Their reputation is good. But if you look closely, only a few sectors are really doing well. And that is not enough to balance the hexagonal balance. With Germany - which achieved the best trade surplus in the world for the fourth consecutive year (€ 293 billion in 2019) - the deficit has been widening for fifteen years. There, the “made in Frankreich” remains essentially associated with luxury products and gastronomy. In supermarkets, Rewe hails "the diversity and quality of French products (Languedoc wine and cheeses)" . In the other sectors, France struggles in the comparison. And the Mittelstand SMEs favor the reliability of local products, even if this must cost them a few euros more. A few "niches" are nevertheless emerging, such as Air Liquide in the industry. In the transport sector,

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