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French President Emmanuel Macron demands a reboot of economic relations with China | Global News

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French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for an update of the country’s economic ties with China, just as the country’s leader Xi Jinping is expected to travel to France for a State visit.

In a wide-ranging interview with La Tribune Dimanche, the French president says Europe wants more reciprocity in its economic ties with China, in order to better ensure its economic security.

“I’m calling for an ‘aggiornamento’ because China is now in excess capacity in many areas and exports massively to Europe,” Macron said in the interview, using the Italian word for update.

Xi is expected to land in France Sunday afternoon, the first stop of a five-day tour in Europe. The visit comes as ties reach their most fraught point in decades, amid a series of probes by the European Union into excessive subsidies and accusations of spying and state-sponsored cyberattacks from China.

Though Macron is said to have backed a key EU investigation into Chinese EVs late last year, he’s also on a charm offensive as he tries to entice investment from the world’s No. 2 economy.

After hosting Xi at a dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, he will take his Chinese guest to a part of the Pyrenees mountains where he spent time at his grandmother’s house as a child. Xi last year invited Macron to share tea at the residence of the Guangdong governor, a post once held by his father.

“Let’s be clear, I’m not proposing to distance ourselves from China,” he said in the interview. “Whether it’s about climate or about safety, we need the Chinese.”

Macron’s tough stance on economic issues is balanced with a recognition of China’s importance in global discussions, highlighting the delicate dance of diplomacy in the modern world.

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