Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of French carmaker Renault SA, sees the embrace of globalization by France's president-elect Emmanuel Macron as a harbinger of faster growth for the country's economy. He also signaled that Macron's policies could pave the way for a deeper alliance between Renault and Nissan.
"The fact that he's somebody who believes in the global market, in the integration of Europe and the importance of Europe, it's obviously very good news for all companies and for all enterprises," Ghosn, who is also chairman of partners Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., said in an interview in New York on Monday.
Ghosn spoke a day after independent candidate Macron was elected president of France, defeating anti-European Union politician Marine Le Pen. His large margin of victory helped make Ghosn and other chief executives more optimistic about Macron's ability to carry out his promises and to open a new chapter in France's economic development, he said.