jinping to bring russia back to the negotiating table over ukraine and as part of his three day visit deals have been struck including on green and nuclear energy. earlier i spoke with a professor from the sx business school to get his thoughts on mr macron s economic agenda. thoughts on mr macron s economic agenda.- thoughts on mr macron s economic agenda. there were some results. economic agenda. there were some results. and economic agenda. there were some results. and especiallyl some results. and especially another, the second empath assembly line in china and what is also interesting is that today, there will be one private dinner, if they have selection, it is of course to foster the economic relationship between china and france. , . relationship between china and france. 3 . relationship between china and france. , . ., france. it s a tricky one, isn t it? france. it s a tricky one, isn t it? because - france. it s a tricky one, isn t it? because china l fra
three day visit deals have been struck including on green and nuclear energy. earlier i spoke with a professor to get his thoughts on mr macron s economic agenda. there were some results. and especially another, the second airbus assembly line in china and what is also interesting is that today, there will be one private dinner, if they have selection, it is of course to foster the economic relationship between china and france. it s a tricky one, isn t it? because china is obviously such a huge market for france and other european countries but the politics of this cannot be ignored. so how does france balance that relationship bearing in mind the political pressures in play? president macron invited ursula von der leyen to come with him. when we are looking at the different speeches that have been given in beijing, macron is playing the soft part while ursula von der leyen is playing the hard card because she has warned several times china because of the alleged meddling of
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