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Emmanuel Macron, center, in May as a presidential candidate, touring a glassmaker in Albi, France. Credit Eric Feferberg/Agence France-Presse
by LIZ ALDERMAN | Sep 2, 2017 | Business
Washington- Visit nearly any big construction site in France, and chances are that many employees hail from low-wage East European countries. In Britain, farms employ labor from Poland, Romania or Bulgaria when the harvest comes. Nearly half of the drivers of trucks...
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Oslo’s fish market. Norway’s trading relationship with the European Union allows it to protect its fishing grounds. David B. Torch for The New York Times
by LIZ ALDERMAN | Jul 19, 2016 | Business
New York Times Hokksund, Norway- Sigurd Braathen worked for a lifetime to build his family’s industrial company into a profitable venture with sales across Europe. Then, an environmental diktat from Brussels threatened to outlaw half of his company’s energy-efficient...