French firms sign big deals with China but lament the ones that got away
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French companies and farmers have reeled in deals reportedly worth up to five billion euros (dollars) in China during a state visit to the country by President Jacques Chirac, but executives were said to be ...
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Foreign firms are lining up to invest in China. But Beijing seems increasingly loath to let them in
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French President Jacques Chirac declared Saturday that France was a natural trade partner to China and, amid a flurry of air, rail and energy deals, played down any threat from one the world's fastest growing economies.
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France on Thursday hailed the planned signing here Friday by China Southern Airlines of a deal to acquire five Airbus A380 aircraft as both a political and economic triumph.
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Foreign companies often do not understand Chinaâs Internet market, which is geared primarily to entertainment and mobile phones.
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It is the first sign that financial damage from the Chinese market might be spilling into other countries.
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Business & money: Â· Two years of strife over dual control ends  Â· France and Germany fall out over raising new funds
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About 100 Chinese companies have overcome the hurdle of high wages to set up production bases in France.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 8 (IPS) - The massive deal that China signed with the  Democratic Republic of Congo last year is not the "second  colonisation" that some Europeans allege it is. The agreement  appears, in fact, a promising way to kick-start an economy.
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Shanghai is selling off assets of more than 40 state-owned companies, including electronics firms, a hotel and a stake in a major brokerage, hoping to bring in more foreign financing and expertise, the city says.
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As Wal-Mart, Carrefour and other foreign retailers crowd into China, they are greeted with open arms by a government which, in this industry at least, shows few protectionist proclivities.
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China, already a manufacturing  powerhouse, is flexing its financial muscles as companies based  there snatch up famous-name products from established companies  in the United States and Europe looking to divest low-margin  businesses.
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SHANGHAI, China  - French President Jacques Chirac visited ventures by his countrymen in the business hub of Shanghai on Tuesday as he wrapped up a China trade mission that yielded big contracts but failed to cinch a hoped-for deal on a high-speed railway.
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[World News]: Beijing, Oct 9 : China and France Saturday inked agreements for cooperation on contagious diseases, information technology and telecommunications.
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Selling high-wage Germany to outside investors isn't an easy job these days. Unless, curiously enough, the foreign business executives come from low-wage China.
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Western toy companies and Chinese contract manufacturers are intertwined to the point that neither can afford to break away from the other.
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French companies have signed deals in Romania this week worth more than $1 billion, the Ziarul Financiar newspaper reported Tuesday.