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by yusi-san 2536 days ago
They have different pressure means on France now, like what they did about Alstom which is a strategic company for France (they produce essential elements about nuclear plants, nuclear submarines for example) now in the US hand through General Electric.
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France has a robust nationalization laws, btw. If US becomes belligerent enough, Alstom may be taken away from GE.
Correct me if I'm wrong but GE bought the energy/grid part of the company, not the infrastructure/transportation part.
The turbines production is now under GE