'Made in France' MP Arnaud Montebourg attacks WTO for failing to halt unfair Chinese competition "France can't redistribute the global trade cards alone," he said in an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro. These firms probably do better overseas than they do in France. So I ask: How do you reindustrialise France with a 35-hour week and without resolving the high wage costs? I don't think Mr Montebourg has much interest in the long-term. Mr Montebourg donned France's emblematic striped Breton sweater for a magazine cover published last week to urge local consumers to favour French products such as food mixers by the 75-year-old Moulinex company. Mr Montebourg, who wants supermarkets in France to set up shelves with purely French products as they do for organic goods, has criticised multinationals such as steel giant ArcelorMittal over plans to close certain French operations. He is also pushing for a law that would force companies to find a buyer for such assets rather than shut them down - a move even some trade unions suggest would be hard to implement. French unemployment has hit 13-year highs above three million, or 10 percent, and latest trade data showed a widening of its current account deficit in August. France's industrial sector accounts for around 13.5pc of its national output, down from nearly 18 percent in the mid-70s, according to official data. Employers group Medef has called on the government to make deep cuts to labour charges, which are among the highest in Europe along with those in Sweden and Belgium and are needed to finance the generous welfare state.