French consumers seeking to boycott US struggle to identify American products

French consumers looking to boycott American products will have to consider that US brands work with factories in France, such as this one producing M&Ms for the American company Mars. © Frederick Florin/AFP

Some French consumers are looking for ways to do without American products to protest President Donald Trump’s policies on Ukraine. But close trading ties and the nature of multinational companies is making it tough to identify which products to boycott.

Following Trump's treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House last week and his subsequent withdrawal of US aid to Ukraine, thousands of French consumers have joined online communities calling for a boycott of American products and suggesting French or European alternatives.