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Major deals to be signed in day 2 of Macron’s visit to China

French President Emmanuel Macron in China for economic talks. [Photo: Courtesy]

After advocating a new alliance between France, Europe and China, Emmanuel Macron devoted Tuesday the second day of his state visit to China to economic issues, with the expected signing of fifty agreements and contracts, especially on civil nuclear and aeronautics.

More generally, France seeks to "rebalance" its trade relations with China, which generates its largest external deficit (30 billion euros in 2016) and calls for greater reciprocity in the opening of markets.

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