France in New York

Ubees, a precision beekeeping startup, is the winner of the Startup Tour Americas’s French Prize and our new French Success Story.

Trade has brought the world closer, but it is also frequently a source of tension. On October 2nd, the World Trade Organization allowed the United States to apply 7.5 Billion dollars worth of tariffs on European products (among which factor French wine). Moreover, trade tensions between China and the US are burdening the global economy in an uncertain way and are worrying financial markets. (...)

This month, the Consulate’s Chef teaches us how to cook a Lorraine Mirabelle Plum Tart! The Protected Geographic Indication (PGI) had been granted to the Lorraine mirabelle plum in 1996 and it was the first fruit to receive it.