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France calls on China to ‘consolidate’ market opening

  • 05 Nov 2019
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Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on Tuesday. Aly Song/Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron called on China on Tuesday to “consolidate” the opening up of the Chinese market.

Xi Macron hold talks as France seeks EU unity on China

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron attend the opening ceremony of the second CIIE in Shanghai.

“Much has been done in recent years with two revisions of the negative lists for foreign investment ... important tariff reductions have been granted. We call for their consolidation and deepening,” Macron said at a major trade fair in Shanghai.

Reuters

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