At the Franco-British Summit held in Paris, business leaders and the President of the Chamber were invited to participate in discussions regarding the future of business relations between France and the UK, and to exchange their ideas about new opportunities that could benefit both nations.  Expectations were running high ahead of the 36th Franco-British Summit on 10 March – the first in five years. Such summits used to take place almost every year but stopped after the referendum on EU membership and relations between our two countries cooled. With the long-running dispute over the Northern Ireland protocol resolved with the agreement of the Windsor Framework, this was an opportunity for a reset.   The French Chamber was honoured to be involved in the Summit discussions. Our President, Fabienne Viala, was invited to join a business roundtable with President Macron and Prime Minister Sunak, in recognition of the Chamber’s focus on delivering impact and our work to connect business networks on both sides of the Channel. In July last year we created the UK-France Business Forum which brought together our members with those of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce. The Forum met again in February and agreed a set of business-led recommendations which were sent to both governments ahead of the Summit.  We are delighted to have the Forum enshrined in the Joint Declaration, with both governments agreeing the Forum should be a recurring event to strengthen the business, commercial and industrial links between France and the UK. In addition, several of the Forum’s recommendations on mobility, border fluidity and energy transition were included as part of the new bilateral agenda. These will be discussed more in depth at an event for Patron and Corporate members on 29th March, co-organised with the French Foreign Trade Advisors and the Cercle d’Outre-Manche, with Emmanuel Masse, Minister Counsellor for Economic Affairs and Head of the Economic Department at t