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In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, photo, a woman walks past a Tiffany &amp; Co. store at a shopping mall in Beijing. The designer boutiques of Manhattan and Paris are feeling the chill of a Chinese economic slowdown that has hammered automakers and other industries. That is jolting brands such as Louis Vuitton and Burberry that increasingly rely on Chinese customers who spend $90 billion a year on jewelry, clothes and other high-end goods. The industry already is facing pressure to keep up as China’s big spenders shift to buying more at the spreading networks of luxury outlets in their own country. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Economic chill dulls Chinese appetite for some luxury brands

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Demonstrators run by a burning fire near the Arc de Triomphe during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. Paris police say at least 63 people have been arrested in violent clashes between protesters and police amid nationwide demonstrations against rising taxes and President Emmanuel Macron's policies. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Yellow jackets France protest threatens Macron

By Jabeen Bhatti and John Dyer — Special to The Washington Times

A man takes a snapshot of charred cars the day after a demonstration, near the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. A protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot in the French capital, as activists torched cars, smashed windows, looted stores and tagged the Arc de Triomphe with multi-colored graffiti. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Violent protests in France reveal a hard-to-heal fracture

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

A worker is about to clean a graffiti reading &quot; Macron resignation&quot; on the Arc de Triomphe the day after a demonstration, in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. A protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot in the French capital, as activists torched cars, smashed windows, looted stores and tagged the Arc de Triomphe with multi-colored graffiti. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: Paris police chief says 112 cars torched in riot

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Hooded demonstrators smash a car during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. Protesters angry about rising taxes clashed with French police for a third straight weekend and over 100 were arrested after pockets of demonstrators built barricades in the middle of streets in central Paris, lit fires and threw rocks at officers Saturday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Yellow jackets protest erupts into riot in Paris

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

A demonstrator watches a burning car near the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. French authorities have deployed thousands of police on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Paris assesses injuries, damage after worst riot in decade

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French riot police officers take position amid tear gas during a demonstration Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 in Paris. French authorities have deployed thousands of police on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Worst riot in a decade engulfs Paris; Macron vows action

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Demonstrators wearing yellow jackets make a chain in front of police forces near the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. French authorities have deployed thousands of police on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

The Latest: French PM to skip climate meeting, focus on riot

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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2018 file photo, protesters known as the yellow jackets, wave a French flag and a poster reading &quot;Free toll&quot; as they open the toll gates on a motorway in Antibes, southern France. France's prime minister Edouard Philippe will meet with some protesters' representatives on Friday in an effort to calm the tensions over rising taxes, a first since the movement started two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

Talks collapse between French protesters and prime minister

By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

President Obama speaks on the phone in the Oval Office in this undated photo. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama takes credit for U.S. oil-and-gas boom: ‘That was me, people’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this file photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, a passenger airliner flies past steam and white smoke emitted from China Huaneng Group's Beijing power plant that was the last coal-fired plant to shut down on March 18, 2017, as the Chinese capital convert to clean energy like thermal power. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

World faces ‘impossible’ task at post-Paris climate talks

By Frank Jordans and Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold, left, celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game with a free kickduring their English Premier League soccer match against Watford at Vicarage Road, Watford, England, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (Chris Radburn/PA via AP)

PSG aims to avoid early elimination in Champions League

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after delivering a speech on 'The presentation of the strategy for ecology transition', at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 27 2018. Macron said the government will find a way to delay tax increases on fuel during periods when world oil prices are rising. The move aims to reproduce the situation that has led to protests in recent days, some of which have become violent and even marred the famed Champs-Elysees avenue in central Paris. Behind reads: Change together. (Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP)

EDITORIAL: France’s fuel-tax follies

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this file photo taken on Oct. 18, 2012, Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci poses for photographers during a photo call in Rome. Bertolucci, who won Oscars with &quot;The Last Emperor&quot; and whose erotic drama &quot;Last Tango in Paris&quot; enthralled and shocked the world, has died at the age of 77. Bertolucci's press office, Punto e Virgola, confirmed the death Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in an email to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Bernardo Bertolucci, Oscar-winning director of ‘Last Tango in Paris,’ dies at 77

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

A protester is dragged away and arrested by a police officer after she was seen with others blocking the traffic in Sainte Marie, while protesting against the rising of the fuel and oil prices, in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. France is deploying soldiers to stem violence in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion after protests over fuel tax hikes degenerated into looting and rioting. (AP Photo/Fabrice Wislez)

French protesters angry over fuel taxes clash with police

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

Demonstrators, called the yellow jackets, gather around the Arc de Triomphe as they protest against the fuel taxes, in Paris, France, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. French police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris Saturday, as thousands gathered in the capital and staged road blockades across the nation to vent anger against rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

The Latest: Macron condemns violence at French protests

Associated Press

Members of Japanese delegation with Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura, second right, Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, center, and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui second left, arrives at the 164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. Cities in Russia, Japan and Azerbaijan are about to find out whether they can host the 2025 World Expo, an event expected to draw millions of visitors and showcase the local economy and culture. The 170 member states of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions are voting Friday on whether to hand the expo to Yekaterinburg, Osaka or Baku. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Japan’s Osaka to host 2025 World Expo, beating Russian city

By ANGELA CHARLTON and ALEX TURNBULL - Associated Press

Denver Art Museum hosts 1st major Dior retrospective in US

By STEPHANIE WOLF - Associated Press

Demonstrators block a motorway exit to protest fuel tax, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2018. France is bracing for a nationwide traffic mess as drivers plan to block roads to protest rising fuel taxes, in a new challenge to embattled President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

1 dead, scores injured in fuel tax protests around France

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

U.S President Donald Trump, second left, watches French President Emmanuel Macron putting his hand on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's knee during ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 in Paris. Over 60 heads of state and government were taking part in a solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the mute and powerful symbol of sacrifice to the millions who died from 1914-18. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

Trump rips Macron over trade, wine, his low approval ratings

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press