France

French court rejects Shein suspension

A FRENCH court on Friday rejected the state’s request to suspend Shein’s site in France as “disproportionate” after the Asian e-commerce giant removed illicit products sold on its platform.

French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that it was a challenge to get consensus on the China tariff question across the EU.

Macron threatens China with tariffs over its trade surplus with the EU

The bloc’s trade deficit with the world’s second-largest economy exceeds 300 billion euros in 2024

France’s President Emmanuel Macron (left) and China’s President Xi Jinping (right) shake hands after a joint press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec 4.

Macron urges Xi to step up efforts on Ukraine, rebalancing global trade

A large business delegation is accompanying Macron on his fourth state visit to China

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Pyrenees in 2024. Macron has been invited to a tea ceremony in Guangzhou, where Xi’s father formerly resided as governor.

Macron bets on Beijing to save his legacy

The French leader will seek a new economic and diplomatic equilibrium with Chinese President Xi Jinping

From Jan 14, 2026, visitors from outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will have to pay 32 euros (S$48) - an extra 10 euros to enter the Louvre.

Most non-EU visitors will pay 45% more to visit Louvre

PARIS’ Louvre museum said Thursday it would raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, meaning US, British and Chinese tourists among others will have to pay US$37 to get in.

The court of Paris will have to decide whether a suspension of Shein is warranted, and whether it is in line with European Union law.

France seeks three-month suspension of Shein over sale of sex dolls

The government aims to tighten controls over the products the company sells

The figures  point to a pickup in apartment prices in Paris after more than three years of declines that began in late 2021 following the Covid pandemic and as inflation started to soar.

Paris apartment prices jump most in almost five years

Buyers paid 1.9% more in the three months through September than a year earlier

The move is the latest development in an ongoing scandal surrounding the Nestle owned brand since French media reported last year that Perrier and many other mineral water producers had been illegally treating their water to prevent contamination.

Is Perrier ‘natural’ mineral water? French court to decide

New filtration system is part of a broader dossier awaiting approval from local authorities

The discovery of sex dolls on Shein’s website triggered a political outcry in France.

France moves to suspend Shein website amid sex doll probe

THE French government said on Wednesday it would suspend the Shein digital platform until the Asian e-commerce giant complied with French legislation, as controversy swirled over the online sale of ch...