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Luxury Magnate Arnault Urges France to Follow US Spending Cuts

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WATCH: LVMH’s sales casts doubt on luxury’s rebound and its billionaire owner Bernard Arnault wishes France could have more optimism like the US under Trump. Angelina Rascouet reports.Source: Bloomberg
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Bernard Arnault said a wind of optimism is blowing through the US after Donald Trump’s inauguration as president, in contrast to his native France, where the government is seeking to raise corporate taxes instead of cutting spending.

“There’s a different mood” between the two countries, the French billionaire told reporters Tuesday on the sidelines of LVMH’s annual results, at one point comparing his return to France to a cold shower.