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Cisco President Jeetu Patel: 'China is a formidable competitor'

Are Companies Ready for the Next Wave of AI? Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel joins FRANCE 24’s Charles Pellegrin to explore the future of artificial intelligence. Their discussion focuses on the rise of AI agents, growing concerns o

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Thursday, september 18, 2025

US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for first time in nine months

The US Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates by a quarter percentage point, bringing its benchmark rate to a range of 4.00 to 4.25 percent. All but one of the 12 members of the monetary policy committee voted in favor of the decision, with the sole

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Fed cuts rate amid job concerns: What it means for the housing market

On Wednesday, the US central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percent amid growing concerns about job creation in the country. In this edition, we’ll explore the challenging political context behind this decision and examine its potential imp

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Wednesday, september 17, 2025

As Trump makes state visit, Starmer bets on US tech to power UK growth

As US President Donald Trump makes his unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom, we take a look at the economic stakes at play. While finalising and improving the trade deal reached between the two countries back in May is on the agenda, th

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US Fed makes first rate cut of 2025 as concerns mount over jobs

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point on Wednesday, to a range between 4.0 percent and 4.25 percent, and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation's labour

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Tuesday, september 16, 2025

Draghi warns Europe is falling further behind US, China due to government complacency

One year after releasing a far-reaching report on European competitiveness, former ECB chief Mario Draghi has warned the EU is falling further behind its peers and sharply criticised member states for their slow response and complacency. With US Presiden

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Trump's pressure campaign weighs on US Federal Reserve September meeting

A US court has ruled that Federal Reserve board governor Lisa Cook can stay in her job in spite of the president's attempts to fire her, meaning she should be able to attend the central bank's September meeting. Meanwhile, Trump appointee Stephen Miran h

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US, China reach framework deal on TikTok

The United States and China have reached a framework deal for the ownership of TikTok, following the latest round of trade talks held in Madrid. It's unclear what the final deal will look like, but US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says it involves swi

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Sunday, september 14, 2025

Concerns mount over EU plans to scan private pics for child sexual abuse content

It's crunch time for "chat control", the European Commission's plan to scan private messages and report content suspected of being child sexual abuse. At a European Council meeting on Friday, security officials from across the EU debated the latest propo

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Saturday, september 13, 2025

Another prime minister gone in France: How a budget deficit became a political crisis

This week saw another prime minister gone in France. François Bayrou submitted his resignation on Tuesday after losing a confidence vote in parliament. He had gambled on a budget demanding over €40 billion in savings. The plan would have frozen welfare b

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Friday, september 12, 2025

The unlikely success story of tech-giant ASML, the biggest backer of France's Mistral AI

France's Mistral AI has become Europe's most valuable artificial intelligence start-up, partly thanks to investment by Dutch firm ASML. Though not a household name, ASML is a key player in global technology. It may also have a role to play in fostering “

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Thursday, september 11, 2025

France faces series of credit rating tests amid political chaos

France faces a series of credit rating tests, with political chaos raising the risk of a downgrade. Also, US consumer prices rise at annual rate of 2.9 percent in August. Plus, the surge in Oracle's share price adds fuel to the AI boom debate.

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Oracle co-founder Ellison briefly overtakes Musk as world's richest man

Larry Ellison, the 81-year-old co-founder of US business software company Oracle, briefly became the world's richest man on Wednesday after shares in Oracle surged over 40 percent. The company is predicting that its cloud infrastructure business will gro

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Wednesday, september 10, 2025

French budget crisis: What are the counter-proposals?

Protests gripped France nationwide on Wednesday as the newly appointed prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, assumed office. Protesters demonstrated their anger at potentially massive spending cuts, as opposition lawmakers defended their counter-proposals t

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The economic context of France's 'Block Everything' protests

As grassroots "Block Everything" protests take place all across France, we examine the economic conditions that are partly fuelling the discontent. While the country has seen steady wage growth over the past 30 years, job insecurity is on the rise and th

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Tuesday, september 9, 2025

France's new PM tasked with forging consensus on 2026 budget

French President Emmanuel Macron has picked defence chief Sébastien Lecornu as his new prime minister, a day after François Bayrou was voted out by parliament. The 39-year-old Lecornu's immediate priority will be to try to forge consensus on a new budget

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What's next for France's budget after Bayrou government collapses?

The collapse of PM François Bayrou's government after losing a confidence vote in the French National Assembly on Monday is casting a long shadow over the country's public finances. The eurozone's second-largest economy's debt pile currently accounts for

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Murdoch heirs settle dispute over control of the right-wing mogul's media empire

Rupert Murdoch’s children reached a settlement in their legal battle over control of the media empire, his companies said Monday, cementing eldest son Lachlan’s leadership. The deal ends litigation from siblings who contested Murdoch’s push to install La

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Monday, september 8, 2025

Munich Auto Show goes big on EVs as Europe's car industry struggles

Europe's largest car show kicks off in Munich, as industry leaders warn the continent's auto sector is facing existential threats. But first: French political turmoil threatens to further drag down the country's stock market as borrowing costs rise.

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Sunday, september 7, 2025

Artificial intelligence saves tech giant Google from divest order... for now

It's been a week for the history books for Google. The tech giant dodged an order to sell off significant parts of its business in a landmark antitrust ruling in the United States. Then, days later, it was hit with a major fine by the EU for monopolising

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Thursday, september 4, 2025

Giorgio Armani leaves behind multi-billion-dollar fashion empire

Giorgio Armani, who has passed away aged 91, directed an empire that generated €2.3 billion in 2024 and never sold any part of his company to an outsider. We take a closer look. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's Fed nominee Stephen Miran is grilled by the Senate

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Ukraine's digital front lines: Startups on bleeding edge of military tech

This week we zero in on the military tech sector in Ukraine with our correspondent Gulliver Cragg and Kateryna Bondar, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022,

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Google faces fresh fines over privacy issues in US and France

US internet search giant Google was ordered by a US federal jury on Wednesday to pay about $425 million for gathering information from smartphone app use even after people had opted for privacy settings. On the same day, France's government watchdog for

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Wednesday, september 3, 2025

EU moves ahead with massive Mercosur trade deal, with safeguards in place

The European Commission has given final approval to a massive trade deal with South America's Mercosur bloc, and presented the agreement to member states to sign. It brings the long-stalled deal a step closer to ratification, as the revised version has p

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US judge rules against Google selling off Chrome browser, Android operating system

US Federal Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday that Google did not have to sell off its signature Chrome internet browser or its Android operating system. This follows a previous ruling that the company had illegally maintained a monopoly on search engines

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Tuesday, september 2, 2025

China, Russia sign gas pipeline deal as Beijing seeks to present new world order

China has wrapped up a high-profile summit of the Shanghai Coorperation Organization, where President Xi Jinping sought to present a new world order with the Global South leading the way. It also signed a slew of business deals with partners including Ru

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Nestle fires CEO for romantic relationship with colleague

Swiss food giant Nestle removes its CEO Laurent Freixe after just a year on the job over a relationship with a direct subordinate. We take a closer look. Also in this edition: India's textile export industry comes apart at the seams as US President Donal

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Monday, september 1, 2025

Italy hits back at French PM's 'fiscal dumping' claim

Italy has rejected claims by French Prime Minister François Bayrou that Rome is pursuing a policy of "fiscal dumping" to attract foreign business and investment. The spat comes as Bayrou faces a likely collapse of his government over an unpopular budget

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Germany's lithium boom sparks backlash from locals in mining areas

A rush for mineral wealth in eastern Germany has left residents fearful for their health and the environment. Also in this edition: China seeks to create an economic centre of gravity to rival the US, and France's embattled prime minister rejects a propo

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Sunday, august 31, 2025

Summer of AI psychosis: Stories of tragic chatbot interactions multiply

Stein-Erik Soelberg killed his mother and himself in Connecticut earlier this month, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that ChatGPT fuelled his irrational fears about her. Meanwhile, a couple in California has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI after th

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Thursday, august 28, 2025

Tie-break: Corporate France navigates uncertain times

This week, we are at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris – not for the French Open tennis tournament, but to meet business leaders who are gathered for the annual end-of-summer conference of Medef, France's largest employers' federation. This year's theme

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Nvidia results show sustained AI boom, but China woes persist

US AI chipmaker Nvidia, the world's most valuable company, posted record $46 billion sales in the latest quarter, showing strong demand from clients like OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta. However, the company's lack of shipments of chips to C

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Wednesday, august 27, 2025

50% tariff on India comes into effect as talks between Washington and New Delhi stall

The United States' 50% tariff on Indian goods came into effect this Wednesday, making India the target of President Donald Trump's largest import duties in Asia. Half of these levies have been imposed because of India's purchases of Russian crude oil, wh

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Tuesday, august 26, 2025

Concern over US central bank independence after Trump's push to fire Fed governor

Treasury yields climb and the dollar falls as investors grow increasingly concerned about the US Federal Reserve's independence. Also in this edition: French Prime Minister François Bayrou's decision to call a confidence vote in his government sends mark

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Trump orders dismissal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook

In an unprecedented move, US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he'd fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud. The Biden appointee denied that Trump had the authority to do so and vowed not to step down. Th

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Monday, august 25, 2025

France 'on brink of over-indebtedness', PM Bayrou warns

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has warned that the nation is facing an "immediate danger" of over-indebtedness as he tried to rally support for his unpopular budget plan for 2026. Labour unions have threatened to bring France to a standstill with

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Evergrande shares delisted in Hong Kong after years of debt problems

China's former real estate giant Evergrande has seen its shares delisted from the Hong Kong stock exchange this Monday. Once the most valuable property company in the country, the firm fell on hard times when the government cracked down on its debt-fuell

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Thursday, july 31, 2025

Trump ups the ante in India trade talks with 25% tariff threat

In a bid to extract concessions from New Delhi in months-long trade talks, Donald Trump announced that he will impose 25 percent tariffs on Indian exports to the US starting August 1. He also threatened to penalise India for its purchases of Russian oil.

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Wednesday, july 30, 2025

US-China trade talks in Sweden end without truce extension

Two days of talks between delegations from Beijing and Washington ended without an extension of the tariff truce set to expire on August 12. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Donald Trump still needs to be briefed on the discussions. Also, th

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Tuesday, july 29, 2025

Euro currency sees sharpest decline in 2 months after US-EU trade deal

The deal reached by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump over the weekend has led the Euro to lose value against the US dollar. This follows wide-ranging criticisms within the bloc over the "asymmetrical" nature of t

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Thursday, july 24, 2025

Chinese EV maker Zeekr expands EU presence in spite of tariffs

As European leaders attend an EU-China summit in Beijing, the issue of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles entering the single market is one of the items on the agenda. Brussels has imposed tariffs on Chinese manufacturers such as Zeekr because of what

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Wednesday, july 23, 2025

US and Japan strike trade deal, avoiding Trump's threat of 25% tariffs

After months of negotiations, the US has reached a trade deal with Japan. US President Donald Trump celebrated the agreement on tariffs in a social media post, while Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hailed the deal, which sets duties on Japanese exp

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Tuesday, july 22, 2025

August 1 deadline for 30% tariffs looms over US-EU trade talks

Trade negotiations between Washington and Brussels are continuing ahead of an August 1 deadline, when US President Donald Trump has vowed to impose 30 percent tariffs on nearly all goods imported from the European Union. Both sides are looking to carve o

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Monday, july 21, 2025

China starts construction on world's biggest hydropower project in Tibet

Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended a ceremony on Saturday marking the start of construction for a new $167 billion mega dam project in Tibet. The project aims to boost the national economy as well as increase the country's capacity to produce clean energy

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Friday, july 18, 2025

EU agrees 'unprecedented' round of sanctions targeting Russia's oil exports

The European Union on Friday reached an agreement on an 18th sanctions package against Russia over its war in Ukraine, with a raft of measures aimed at dealing further blows to Russia's oil and energy industry. France's top diplomat described the measure

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Thursday, july 17, 2025

US Senate approves $9 billion in cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid

US Senate Republicans have voted to cut $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid – a victory for US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticised PBS and NPR. Meanwhile, Trump is scaling up his pressure campaign against Fed Chair Jerom

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Raids, arrests and deportations: The economic toll of closed borders

This week, we focus on the unprecedented immigration crackdown currently taking place in the United States under President Donald Trump. We head to Los Angeles, where our team meets local business owners whose shops are on the brink of bankruptcy, as wor

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Trump says firing Powell 'unlikely' after escalating attacks on Fed Chair

Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that it was "unlikely" he would fire the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, after reportedly floating the idea to Republican lawmakers. The US president has repeatedly criticised Jerome Powell for not lowering in

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Tuesday, july 15, 2025

Will Trump's trade war finally start affecting US inflation?

The US Bureau of Labor of Statistics will be releasing its June inflation data this Tuesday, with economists forecasting a slight uptick in consumer prices because of the impact of tariffs. FRANCE 24 spoke to Nela Richardson, Chief Economist at ADP, abou

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Monday, july 14, 2025

Markets shrug off Trump tariff threat against EU

Major stock markets on Monday largely shrugged off US President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat to hit the EU and Mexico with 30 percent levies. Analysts said investors viewed the warning as yet another negotiating ploy against America's trading part

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Friday, july 11, 2025

EU orders AI companies to clean up their act, stop using pirated data

The European Commission wants AI companies to stop using pirated data and allow creators to withhold their copyrighted material. This comes amid the rise of a massive global workforce of remote workers from poor countries, who provide bespoke data via th

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Thursday, july 10, 2025

Musk's Grok chatbot praises Hitler and spews racist responses

Elon Musk has unveiled the latest version of his AI chatbot Grok, integrated into his platform X, in the hope that it will rival OpenAI's ChatGPT. The move came just 24 hours after Grok went on a racist, anti-Semitic rant, replying to users by frequently

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New Trump tariffs put Brazil in crosshairs ahead of August 1 deadline

US President Donald Trump has unveiled a sweeping new round of tariffs targeting eight countries, with Brazil hit the hardest. The move, which comes despite a US trade surplus with the South American giant, raises economic and political tensions as the A

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Wednesday, july 9, 2025

Musk's AI chatbot Grok is 'spewing anti-Semitic garbage on X'

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, July 9: Papers report on the blazing wildfires in Syria, Spain and France. Over in Russia, where independent media are discussing the "alleged suicie" of a high-profile politician, who was found dead hours after being fired. Als

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Looking for clues on US consumer sentiment during Amazon 'Prime Week'

US e-commerce giant Amazon has expanded its "Prime Day" promotional event this year to four days, in a bid to give shoppers "more time to shop and save". US President Donald Trump's global trade war has increased the threat of higher prices for US shoppe

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Tuesday, july 8, 2025

Trump announces 50% tariff on copper

US President Donald Trump announces a 50% tariff on copper after sending tariff letters to 14 different trading partners. Also, Bulgaria is set to adopt the euro on January 1, 2026. Plus, France's parliament approves a controversial bill on agriculture w

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New Trump tariffs leave countries scrambling for deal before August 1 deadline

On Monday, US President Donald Trump announced new "reciprocal" tariffs on 14 countries that would come into effect on August 1 unless a deal was struck before then. Japan and South Korea vowed to pursue negotiations with Washington – as did South Africa

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Monday, july 7, 2025

Trump sends letters to key trading partners announcing steep tariffs

US President Donald Trump has sent letters to several countries dictating new tariffs that will be implemented on August 1. Also, France's poverty rate has surged to its highest level on record. Plus, one of the world's largest Legolands has opened its d

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Friday, july 4, 2025

Telegram boss Durov speaks out before French hearing, hopes to get charges lifted

Pavel Durov, the enigmatic Russian-born billionaire boss of messaging app Telegram, has his third audience with a French investigating magistrate in the coming days, following his dramatic arrest 10 months ago on wide-ranging charges including complicity

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Why more and more people are getting their news from social media

For the first time, more Americans are getting their news from social media than from television, and the gap is closing in France and the UK. These findings and more came out of the 2025 Digital News Report by Oxford's Reuters Institute for the Study of

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