STORY: :: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes
Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Elysee Palace
:: Xi is in Europe for the first time in five years
at a time of growing economic and trade frictions
:: May 6, 2024
Earlier in the day, Macron and Xi sat with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for trilateral talks.
Macron was set to press Xi to reduce trade imbalances and try to convince him to use his influence on Russia over the war in Ukraine.
