French Finance Chief Won’t Meet Taiwanese Minister on Paris Trip

  • Taiwan’s Wang is leading a week-long delegation to France
  • Macron, Chinese Premier Li will meet at Paris summit next week

Bruno Le Maire

Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire isn’t planning to meet Taiwanese economic affairs chief Wang Mei-Hua during a trip to Paris this week that comes just days before Chinese Premier Li Qiang is due to attend a summit in the capital organized by President Emmanuel Macron.

Wang is leading a delegation to France through June 19 and plans to attend the opening ceremony of the Taiwan pavilion of a technology event in Paris, according to a statement from her ministry.