SNCF, the French railway, has similar ambitions in logistics.

ECONOMIST: German railways

There shall be freedom of transit for French goods through Haifa and by the British railway through the brown area, whether those goods are intended for or originate in the blue area, area (a), or area (b), and there shall be no discrimination, direct or indirect, against French goods on any railway, or against French goods or ships at any port serving the areas mentioned.

BBC: Map detailing the Sykes-Picot agreement

SNCF, the French state-owned railway firm.

ECONOMIST: Airbus

Two years later, a financial daily, Milano Finanza, reported that Rocksoil's accounts showed that it had won a contract, as part of the Lyons-Turin railway link, for an access tunnel on the French side of the border.

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