Macron Tells EU to Weigh Using Strongest Trade Tool on China

France's president Emmanuel Macron

Photographer: David Dee Delgado/Bloomberg

French President Emmanuel Macron told European Union leaders to consider using the bloc’s most powerful trade tool against China if they aren’t able to find a resolution to Beijing’s planned export controls on critical raw materials.

Macron said they need to weigh using all options available against China, including the EU’s so-called anti-coercion instrument, according to people familiar with the matter.