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In this Feb. 7, 2019 the logo of French drug maker Sanofi is pictured at the company's headquarters, in Paris. French pharmaceutical group Sanofi ensured that it will make its COVID-19 vaccine, when ready, available in all countries, hours after the company's CEO said the United States will get first access.
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Drugmaker Walks Back America-First Vaccine Pledge
Just hours earlier the company had said the U.S. would get first access.
May 14, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech as he visits a plant of British-Swedish pharmaceutical group Astrazeneca in Dunkirk, northern France, Monday, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting 180 international business leaders at the Palace of Versailles in a bid to promote France's economic attractiveness despite over six weeks of crippling strikes over his government's planned pension changes.
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The president is taking on the role of salesman in chief for his strike-battered country.
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In this Nov.14, 2017 file photo, a site of cement maker Lafarge is pictured in Paris.
Regulation
Some of Cement Maker's Charges Voided in Syria Case
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary General Angel Gurria gestures during a meeting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel with leaders of international economic and financial organizations at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019.
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Global Plan Aims to Better Tax Digital Business
The proposal, which applies to multinationals in all sectors, would re-allocate some tax revenue to countries where big companies "have significant consumer-facing activities and generate their profits."
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This April 11, 2018 photo shows Air France planes parked on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris. A French association of victims says investigating magistrates dropped the case against Air France and Airbus in the 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that killed all 228 people aboard.
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Air France Crash Case Dropped
The decision goes against the request of French prosecutors, who wanted Air France to stand trial for manslaughter.
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New Renault chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, left, shakes hands with Renault CEO Thierry Bollore after being appointed following a meeting of the board held at Renault headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. The board of French carmaker Renault has chosen new leadership to replace industry veteran Carlos Ghosn, naming Jean-Dominique Senard as chairman and Renault executive Thierry Bollore as CEO.
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Renault Names New Leaders
While Renault initially stood by Ghosn after his Nov. 19 arrest, the French government has pressed for him to be replaced.
January 24, 2019
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Three Dead in Bakery Explosion
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January 14, 2019
In this file photo taken on Friday March 16, 2018 a pangolin from the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital is taken to a nearby field to forage for food near Johannesburg. Nearly 100 countries took part in a globe-spanning crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade, seizing tons of meat, ivory, pangolin scales and timber in a monthlong bust that exposed the international reach of traffickers, Interpol said Wednesday, June 20, 2018.
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Live Animals, Meat & Ivory Seized in Trafficking Stings
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Trump Planning Tariffs on EU Steel, Aluminum
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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, attends the 'Tech for Planet' event at the 'Station F' start up campus ahead of the One Planet Summit in Paris, France, Monday Dec. 11, 2017. It is a dream come true for U.S.-based climate scientists — the offer of all-expenses-paid life in France to advance their research in Europe instead of in the United States under climate skeptic President Donald Trump, two of the winners say.
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Climate Scientists Take Research to France
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This June 24, 2016 file photo shows the logo of German industrial conglomerate Siemens at their headquarters in Munich, Germany. German industrial equipment maker Siemens AG said Tuesday Sept. 26, 2017, it has signed a memorandum of understanding to merge its train-building business with French rival Alstom, creating a 'new European champion' in the face of growing competition from China.
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Siemens Announces Merger
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