US EditionMacron urges Xi to step up efforts on Ukraine, rebalancing global trade
- On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing to discuss economic ties, trade tensions, Taiwan and Ukraine during a three-day state visit starting Dec 3, with formal talks on Dec 4 before heading to Chengdu.
- Paris is pressing Beijing to address trade frictions over rare earths and tariffs as Emmanuel Macron, French President, aims to tackle Chinese over-production and urges Xi to influence Vladimir Putin, Russian President, on Ukraine.
- On the economic front, Macron's visit includes possible contracts by French energy and transport companies and meetings with Li Qiang and Zhao Leji amid a $55 billion trade deficit, the French treasury said.
- China's request for French backing highlights its dispute with Japan over Taiwan, while tensions rose after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments last month, critics called `provocative remarks`.
- Macron's personal courtship of Xi Jinping, including a previous Pyrenees visit, suggests close ties despite many unresolved political issues in recent years.
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Macron urges Xi to step up efforts on Ukraine, rebalancing global trade
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to boost cooperation on geopolitics, trade and the environment, as the European Union seeks China's help in ending the war in Ukraine and Beijing looks for diplomatic wins from the U.S. tariffs.
France's President Macron wants to seek support for peace in Ukraine in China. However, Beijing is loyal to Moscow. How does the Frenchman address the issue?
France and China 'must overcome differences for the common good' (ANSA)
Emmanuel Macron is already a regular in Beijing. The French president landed Wednesday afternoon in China to start his fourth state visit to the Asian giant, which will conclude on Friday. The contemporating message he usually uses in his encounters with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, contrasts with a geoeconomic moment of extreme complexity for the European Union, marked by the recurrent trade imbalance with the People's Republic and the path …
On a state visit to China, Emmanuel Macron called on Xi Jinping to act for peace in Ukraine and to rebalance trade, while the Chinese president rejected any responsibility in the Ukrainian crisis. ...
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