France's Macron set to press visiting Xi on trade, Ukraine

[admin]

China’s President Xi Jinping heads to Paris on Sunday for a rare visit, with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron set to press him to reduce trade imbalances and try to convince him to use his influence on Russia over the war in Ukraine. Neither aim will be easily fulfilled during Xi’s two-day stay in France, where he arrives at a time of growing trade tensions between Europe and China.France is backing a European Union probe into Chinese electric vehicle exports and in January Beijing opened