Pretentious Movies May Doom U.S.-EU Trade Pact
Trade talks between the U.S. and the European Union may have the same ending as many a French movie: inconclusive and unsatisfying.
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Trade talks between the U.S. and the European Union may have the same ending as many a French movie: inconclusive and unsatisfying.
Fiercely protective of its cultural heritage, France subsidizes its film industry and shields it from foreign competition. French-made films had a 40.2 percent share of its domestic market in 2012. Other European countries have around 10 percent shares of their own. France has by far the largest film industry in Europe, producing a third of the continent's movies.