Cycle de conférences regards croisés à l'AF Sacramento

Presented in association with the Alumni Committee of the Sciences Po American Foundation

The series is presented by Etienne Girard, member of the Board of the Alliance Française de Sacramento and member of the Alumni Committee of the Sciences Po American Foundation.

Opening talk

Are the US and EU Economies Decoupling?

Trade policy shifts and transatlantic interdependence, 2025–2026

Florence Bouvet, PhD in Economics, Legislative Analyst’s Office, Sacramento

About the talk
Transatlantic trade policy has been through a turbulent period. It has seen new tariffs, a Supreme Court ruling striking down part of the US tariff authority, a negotiated framework agreement, and a 15% ceiling now applied to most US tariffs on EU goods. Headlines often call this “decoupling.” This talk asks whether that word is accurate.
Drawing on the latest trade, services and investment data, Florence Bouvet will examine what has actually changed: how much of the relationship has genuinely shifted, and where.

About the speaker
Florence Bouvet is an economist currently with the Legislative Analyst’s Office in Sacramento. She taught economics for nearly twenty years in the Department of Economics at Sonoma State University (2007–2025), teaching courses ranging from US Economic History to International Economics, Econometrics, and the Economics of European Integration. Her research, drawing on focused on income inequality, political economy, and economic integration, and has resulted in eighteen peer-reviewed publications.

About the series
The Alliance Française de Sacramento, in association with the Alumni Committee of the Sciences Po American Foundation, is pleased to announce a series of four talks, beginning this December and running through the first half of 2027. The series is presented by Etienne Girard, member of the Board of the Alliance Française de Sacramento and member of the Alumni Committee of the Sciences Po American Foundation.

Upcoming 

Wednesday, February 3
A comparison of the US and French legal systems
Johann Morri, Director of LLM program-Lecturer (UC Davis School of Law-King Hall)

Wednesday, April 7
What is a francophone education really worth to an American?
Ben Cadranel, Founder Advocacy Chiefs LLC: The role of grants in building development programs to help underprivileged populations in the Sacramento region

Wednesday, June 2
How can a liberal French education become an unexpected competitive advantage in Silicon Valley?
Etienne Girard, Alliance board member and Treasurer, former Assistant treasurer at Intel

The views and opinions expressed during this lecture series are solely those of the speakers and do not reflect those of the Alliance Française de Sacramento or the Sciences Po American Foundation.