François Ruffin
Foreign trade
10 documented positions: from their programme first, then their campaign, their party and earlier texts.
2027 programme or campaign document : 1 · Campaign proposal or statement : 9
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The programme director advocates leaving free-trade agreements with countries not meeting the advocated social and environmental standards.
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Protect agriculture through import quotas and tariffs within an exception to free-trade rules; products and rates are not specified in this editorial.
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Ban agricultural imports priced below national floors.
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Propose using European health safeguards to ban imports using substances prohibited in France when ANSES identifies serious health or environmental risks; the cahier's legal interpretation is not certified here.
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End free-trade negotiations with Malaysia, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines and refuse CETA ratification.
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Trigger EU–Mercosur safeguards on taking office and open an official inquiry into its immediate effects.
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Strengthen import health inspections, including from South America, India and New Zealand, to suspend agreements where health is endangered.
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Strengthen import controls to limit circumvention of the carbon-border mechanism.
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Require all imported products to comply with French health standards beyond food, including textiles.
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Make penalties deterrent through immediate fines and import bans.
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