Abstract:

At the moment, due to the significant openness of the national economy, France is exposed to many global risks - economic, political, environmental, etc. That is why the crisis in the world economy in 2008-2009 had a negative impact on its economy, and the debt crisis in 2011 further strengthened the negative trends in the national economy. The increasing number of non-tariff barriers to mutual trade between France and third countries leads in general to a reduction in total output and a decrease in the well-being of the population, negatively affecting the purchasing power of less affluent groups of the population which, in turn, contributes to the strengthening of socio-economic differentiation and other negative consequences. The policy of partial reindustrialization of the French economy leads to a decrease in total exports. The position of the EU's governing structures on overcoming the crisis and solving the accumulated problems with partner countries is ambiguous and contradictory. Due to the uncertainty in the political and economic course of the US, the EU is forced to look for new markets for its products, including high-tech products. As a result, in the future, the foreign economic policy of France within the EU will face intractable contradictions.