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France must increase competitiveness, says WTO head
The head of the World Trade Organisation has delivered a hard-hitting critique of France, saying the country has lost its bearings and needs profound reform to increase its competitiveness.
Pascal Lamy, a Frenchman, said his country needed to stop thinking it was "an island of temporary happiness in a world of catastrophes".
"This is not a good approach. We cannot deduce from it that if France has problems it's the world that must change."
