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Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris on June 8.
Photographer: Nathan Laine/BloombergUS President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on the need to better cooperate to counter China’s economic practices, a topic that has sometimes caused friction between the two leaders.
Macron hosted Biden on Saturday in Paris for a state visit, where they discussed steps the US and Europe could take to make their economies more resilient against Chinese imports.