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The EU-Mercosur agreement has to be complemented in order to effectively protect the agricultural sector and uphold European standards - Joint statement by France and Poland (July 7, 2025)

France and Poland call for the EU-Mercosur agreement to be complemented in order to effectively protect the agricultural sector and uphold European standards.
France and Poland are thus aligned on the need to find a better balance within the Mercosur agreement between promoting the free trade (…)

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Economic diplomacy: a political priority

Promoting France’s economic interests is one of the main responsibilities of Business France and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, both within France and in the network.

French economic diplomacy has several goals:
• Helping French businesses export to external markets;
• Attracting job-creating foreign investment to France;
• Adapting the European and international regulatory framework to our defensive and offensive economic interests;
Promoting France’s vibrant businesses and start-ups.

The Ministers are fully committed to this goal and deal with economic issues on each of their trips.

The France Relance economic recovery plan set out by the Prime Minister on 3 September includes a major component on exports totalling €247 million.

Updated: Sept. 2020