The Penetration of the Domestic Market and the Effort to Export : A Geographical Approach - France's foreign trade places it in the situation of an intermediary country, It is highly dependent on the dominant economies of Federal Germany, the United States, and Japan. Its deficit with the first of these countries, although sizeable, is decreasing, while its deficit with Spain (above all in the area of Intermediate goods) and Italy («specially in the area of consumer goods) is on the increase. At the same time, France, between 1973 and 1980, made large transfers of technology to developing countries through major equipment contracts.Les échanges extérieurs de la France la placent dans la situation d'un pays intermédiaire. Elle est fortement ...