Emmanuel Macron Discusses Trade Ties and Ukraine With Xi Jinping

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French President Emmanuel Macron is on a state visit to China. He's there to shore up trade ties with Beijing, while also asking the government there for help in ending the Ukraine war.

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00:00a grand entrance for a grand guest the French president meets his Chinese counterpart in

00:09Beijing it's his fourth state visit to China Emmanuel Macron's trip comes at a pivotal time

00:16for the world economy Washington's sweeping tariffs have upended the global trading order

00:21and Macron has to walk a tightrope on one hand Macron and other EU leaders have called for the

00:28to introduce tougher trade regulations on China an influx of cheap Chinese goods into Europe has

00:35been putting the squeeze on European industry and the union is working on a new economic security

00:42doctrine to establish stronger trade safeguards against Beijing on the other hand Macron doesn't

00:49have much room to antagonize Beijing China is France's seventh largest trading partner and it

00:55buys about 35 billion US dollars worth of French goods each year during a joint news conference

01:02Macron said the EU's reforms were necessary even as he courted Chinese investment into his country

01:08Europe must reform itself to become more competitive and make more investment China must pursue its agenda

01:17of strengthening domestic consumption and we must find a framework for increasing Chinese direct

01:24investment in Europe and in France in particular to create added value and opportunities for

01:30employment and Xi Jinping seemed open to doing more business with France

01:35beyond trade Macron seeks China's help in bringing peace to Ukraine

01:45Xi did not directly respond to Macron's call but did say that China supports all efforts that work

02:03toward peace the state visit is a test for the French president how will he balance the needs of his country

02:09with the needs of not just the EU but also Ukraine Ryan Wu and Leslie Liao for Taiwan plus

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