France conditions EU/US trade talks to the exclusion of cultural items

Friday, April 19th 2013 - 02:38 UTC

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France said it would block proposed negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States unless cultural sectors, such as television and radio, were excluded from the talks. Read full article

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Britworker
I don't think Mrs Merkel will be happy if France scuppers this.
Apr 19th, 2013 - 09:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Baxter
Once again the French ! What they are looking fir is to protect the Common Agricultural Policy which is a system whereby French framers get money for doing nothing !
Apr 19th, 2013 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Only a very tiny part of EU and US media output could be considered to be in any way 'cultural'.

What is France's REAL agenda?
Apr 19th, 2013 - 03:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
And I thought Lagarde was ugly.

Mind you Jean Reno is probably worth that amount of money on his own.

Brilliant actor (Ronin), he is of course an implant Spaniard who came to France at the age of 17.
Apr 19th, 2013 - 05:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
did we not invent FREE TRADE,

these europeans are just trying to steal our thunder lol.
Apr 19th, 2013 - 07:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
“Free trade as long as you don't trade our goods”, says Europe.

Free free trade or shovel it.

Actually, shovel it.
Apr 19th, 2013 - 10:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
they say,
nothing is free,
aparantly this is true,

after all, if it was truly free, why the agreement lol.
Apr 19th, 2013 - 11:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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