Bruno Le Maire

The French Finance Ministry has sent out notices to big tech companies liable for its digital service tax to pay the levy as planned in December, the ministry said on Wednesday. France suspended collection of the tax, which will hit…

France’s new Prime Minister Jean Castex was on Monday expected to unveil a reshuffled government tasked with helping the economy brave its worst crisis since World War II and injecting fresh momentum into the presidency of Emmanuel Macron.…

The French economy is expected to shrink 11 percent this year because of the coronavirus crisis, a “brutal” shock and worse than the government’s previous forecast of an eight percent contraction, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said…

The coronavirus outbreak is plunging the world economy into its worst downturn since the global financial crisis, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Monday, urging governments and central banks to fight back…

France and the United States have given themselves two weeks to try and resolve a row over a French digital tax, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday. “I had a long talk with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. We have…

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire on Monday warned the United States against any retaliation to France’s new digital services tax. “If the Americans decide to go ahead and impose sanctions against the digital tax ... in this case,…

French Economy Minister, Bruno Le-Maire, will lead informal talks to produce a European candidate to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a European official at G7 talks near Paris said on Thursday. The four European G7 members –…

France launched Friday an initiative to develop African businesses via a combination of credits, loan guarantees and direct investment worth a total 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion). The “Choose Africa” plan follows a pledge by French…

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday he was pulling out of a major investment conference in Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “I won’t go to Riyadh next week,” Le Maire told France’s…