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Macron in China: Much more than a state visit?

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France's president in China for three days in what might seem like the snapshot of a world order in flux. For starters, there was a press conference which wasn't the case when Donald Trump recently visited. With the US washing its hands of multilateral deals on trade and climate change, Emmanuel Macron poses as more than French leader. And with Germany bogged down in coalition talks and the UK heading for Brexit, we asked our panel if Macron makes a convincing interim king of Europe.

Added on the 09/01/2018 20:10:34 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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