04/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, French President Jacques Chirac called on the European Union to exercise its “economic sovereignty” and to avail itself of an “offensive trade policy on equal terms with the other powers” in order to face up to increased global competition. “The European Union can no longer be the only continental group that does not use any of the economic, industrial, commercial or monetary policy instruments”, he said as he delivered his traditional...