Business Group Reports Sales, Contacts Damaged
From Times Wire Reports
France’s principal business federation acknowledged that an American backlash against French products and businesses has hurt sales, recruitment and business contacts.
It appealed to consumers and businesses to not let politics affect commerce.
France vocally opposed the Iraq war. American importers of French wine are reporting sharp drops in sales, and other French products also have been affected. Movement of French Enterprises President Ernest-Antoine Seilliere said some contracts have been lost.
