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    Spotlight | China, France
    Three French firms targeted by Beijing's tighter export controls for EU defence and tech

    A research scientist handles a wafer in a research laboratory at the III-V Lab in Palaiseau, south of Paris, on 16 October 2024.
    A research scientist handles a wafer in a research laboratory at the III-V Lab in Palaiseau, south of Paris, on 16 October 2024.© Thomas Samson/AFP

    China last month slapped 'export controls' on 14 European firms. As a result, Germany's Rheinmetall has attracted attention, but not so much the three French companies - one of them linked to Thales, despite the fact that the measure threatens Europe's strategic and vulnerable supply of next-generation semiconductor materials.

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    France, Ukraine, United Kingdom
    MBDA, Fire Point: secret partnerships with Kyiv revealed

    A Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missile on display at the MBDA stand at the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom.
    A Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missile on display at the MBDA stand at the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom.© Malcolm Park/Avalon/MaxPPP

    During a visit to Kyiv, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham blew the cover on a not-so-secret cooperation between London and Kyiv on MBDA missiles. Paris is also involved in these engineering partnerships to support Ukraine and especially its new national champion, Fire Point.

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