French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (R) and French Junior Minister for Economy and Finance Agnes Pannier-Runacher attend a meeting about the economic impact of the new Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak, at the Economy Ministry in Paris on Febru
PARIS: The coronavirus epidemic will have a negative impact of 0.1 points on French economic growth and it highlights how France must reduce its dependence on China, especially in the car and pharmaceutical sectors, said Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire.
Le Maire reiterated on Friday at a news conference that the coronavirus would trim 0.1 percentage points from French economic growth this year, calling the estimate "realistic" at this stage.
