France’s President Emmanuel Macron speaks to Chinese leader Xi Jinping (unseen) during meeting in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2025. Adek Berry-Pool/Getty Images
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Beijing to rebalance the trade relationship after meetings with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
“Europe and China have a role to play in laying, alongside other partners, the foundations for fair and robust global economic governance based on rules and not the law of the strongest,” Macron said at a joint news conference with Xi on Dec. 4.
