{"id":1812957,"date":"2015-10-27T12:59:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T11:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/coup-de-froid-chez-les-americains-a-paris\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T08:52:57","slug":"coup-de-froid-chez-les-americains-a-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/coup-de-froid-chez-les-americains-a-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans face a sudden chill in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>American companies operating in France do not see a bright future for their activities within the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An &#8220;unprecedented drop&#8221; in investor confidence among Americans in France. This is the key finding from the latest annual barometer published by AmCham (the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris) and Bain, presented on October 22.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only 19% (compared to 58% a year earlier) of those surveyed (executives of French subsidiaries of American companies) foresee a positive outlook for their industry in France for 2009.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This pessimism should not lead to a withdrawal from the country, as only 17% of those surveyed anticipate workforce reductions for the current year. Finally, a constant for at least eight years, 80% of respondents believe that &#8220;labor law flexibility&#8221; remains a weakness in France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American companies operating in France are not optimistic about the future of their activities within the country. An &#8220;unprecedented drop&#8221; in the confidence of American investors in France is evident in the latest annual barometer published by AmCham (the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris) and Bain, presented on October 22. Barely 19% (compared to 58% a year earlier) of those surveyed (executives of the French subsidiaries of American companies) foresee a positive trend for their industry in France for the year 2009. This pessimism is not expected to lead to a withdrawal from the country, as only 17% of respondents are planning workforce reductions for the current year. Finally, a constant factor for at least eight years, 80% of those surveyed believe that &#8220;labor law flexibility&#8221; remains a weakness in France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1812958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225,224],"tags":[313],"class_list":["post-1812957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news-in-brief","tag-entreprise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1812957"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1813401,"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812957\/revisions\/1813401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1812958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1812957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1812957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newzyexecutive.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1812957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}