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Voice for CHOICE #39: Eyes on Xi Jinping’s Visit to France with Abigaël Vasselier

Kara Němečková Kara Němečková / Ed. 17. 5. 2024
Voice for CHOICE #39: Eyes on Xi Jinping’s Visit to France with Abigaël Vasselier

In early May, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a state visit to France to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France.

This visit, his first to Europe since the pandemic began, occurred against the backdrop of the EU investigation into Chinese electric vehicle exports and Beijing’s retaliatory probe into imports of French-made brandy. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, participated in the tripartite meeting, adding a European dimension to the discussions. The leaders jointly urged Xi to tackle issues related to China’s overcapacity in electric vehicles and green technologies and addressed the issue of China’s export of dual-use technologies to Russia.

Despite raising these concerns, the two sides concluded 32 agreements during the visit. Xi then continued his European tour to Serbia and Hungary, where he sought to strengthen ties, a move perceived by some as an attempt to create divisions within Europe.

This month’s guest

  • Abigaël Vasselier, Director Policy & European Affairs/Head of Program Foreign Relations at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).

Original source: Voice for CHOICE #39: Eyes on Xi Jinping’s Visit to France with Abigaël Vasselier

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