In Beijing, French business community welcomes Macron's overtures

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Among the French business executives travelling to Beijing with President Emmanuel Macron, the mood was cautiously sanguine on the thawing post-pandemic trade prospects with China, with some rejecting American-led calls for 'decoupling'.

, raising eyebrows among some diplomats that this could blur the message of firmness the West wants to send at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and the United States.

"It's very good that the president came. It shows the business community is supported by the president, it's very important vis-à-vis the Chinese authorities," Thierry de la Tour d'Artaise, chairman of French appliance group SEB"People don't know this country well, a lot of the things being said are untrue," he said.

"At a time the debate in Europe focuses on our suicidal dependency on China and Chinese interference, the message is inopportune," he said.

 

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Hahahahahahaha so the rich agree to take more money from the poor? Wow, what a shocker. I never expected that from them. Macron asking French citizens to work more and give more money while he's wearing a $85k watch on national television. He took it of on air. French= peasants

Thé little rooster Always sing far from his country ans his paws in thé shits...

J’ai besoin de 5 M de bracelets électronique pour les non vaccinés . 20000 caméras pour renforcer ma sécurité, 30000 matraques électriques pour qu’il se chient dessus .. Combien je m’en fou, j’ai le carnet de chèques démocratique 🥳

In France meanwhile the workers are blocking in protest against Macron and the macronism. A real success!

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