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Business Matters: EU and France holds talks with Xi

EU and France holds talks with Xi

07/05/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, EU and France holds talks with Xi

What have today's talks between President Xi and President Macron achieved?

EU and France pressing president Xi Jinping for more balanced Chinese trade ties.

On his first visit to Europe since 2019, president Xi Jinping has been talking about trade ties. The West is worried about cheap Chinese imports of electric cars.

Also, Rahul Tandon finds out why global petrol demand growth could halve in 2024 and what impact the shutdown in Israel would have on Al Jazeera's business  operations. 

(Picture: State dinner in honour of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Paris, France - 06 May 2024. Picture credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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