⁍ The impact of the boycott was difficult to ascertain, with only isolated reports of sales of French goods being affected.

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⁍ Here are some of the French firms and sectors with exposure to Muslim-majority countries.

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– French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for an end to the “odious” cartoons that have sparked protests around the Muslim world, but he’s not about to give in to calls for a boycott of his country’s products, the BBC reports. “No country has the right to interfere in another country’s internal affairs,” Macron said Monday during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “We will not allow ourselves to be dragged into a situation where we are asked to intervene in another country’s internal affairs.” The German chancellor, for her part, said she was “saddened” by the “odious” cartoons and that Germany “will not allow itself to be dragged into a situation where it has to intervene in another country’s internal affairs.” Meanwhile, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called for a boycott of French products, Reuters reports. “I call on all Muslims to stop buying French products,” he said Monday. France is a major exporter of agricultural products to the Middle East, and 3% of its exports go to the region, according to the ANIA industry lobby. A Carrefour supermarket in Saudi Arabia was trending on social media over the weekend as calls for a boycott of French products spread.