Lagarde Takes Aim at the City and Wall Street

摘要

Look out, London and New York. Paris wants to eat your lunch. As part of her drive to reform the French economy and stimulate growth, Finance Minister Christine Lagarde hopes to make Paris a global financial center able to compete with its bigger rivals. In July, Lagarde created the Haut Comite de Place, an advisory body of about 20 influential members of the French financial markets.