text: French firms sign big deals with China but lament the ones that &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; PARIS : French companies and farmers have reeled in deals reportedly worth up to five billion euros (dollars) in China during a state visit to the country by President Jacques Chirac, but executives were said to be disappointed that bigger business was 
inputs: French firms sign big deals with China but lament the ones that &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; PARIS : French companies and farmers have reeled in deals reportedly worth up to five billion euros (dollars) in China during a state visit to the country by President Jacques Chirac, but executives were said to be disappointed that bigger business was 