Macron says he is travelling to Cambodia and Malaysia to open markets and diversify rare-earth supplies
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Today Emmanuel Macron said on X that jobs and the life of France's territories are defended in France, but also thousands of kilometers from home, and that this is the point of his trip to Cambodia and Malaysia. He said he is travelling to Cambodia with business leaders to open new markets, and that Cambodia wants to rely on Rungis expertise to create its own wholesale market. In Malaysia, he said he is coming to diversify France's rare-earth supplies, which are essential for magnets in some electric motors and electronic devices, and that several supply sources reduce the risk of a production line stopping for lack of parts. [1]