Xi, Macron strengthen China-France ties www.nhk.or.jp
China and France announced trade deals worth billions of dollars as the presidents of the two nations met in Paris on Monday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the French capital on the last leg of his three-nation European tour.
After the summit talks, a string of business deals between Chinese and French firms were announced. These included China's purchase of 300 airplanes from Airbus, the European aerospace giant headquartered in France.
Other agreements include a contract valued at 1.2 billion euros, or about 1.36 billion dollars, to build 10 container vessels.
At a joint news conference, French President Emmanuel Macron praised China's deal with Airbus as important progress.
Xi said that China and France had agreed to safeguard multilateral trade frameworks based on rules.
During his trip to Italy, Monaco and France, Xi made it clear that China hoped to strengthen ties with Europe amid trade tensions with the United States.
Published Date:2019-03-26