China-EU Ties Are at Stake in Xi’s Delicate Mission
Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Emmanuel Macron of France in 2023.
Photographer: Jacques Witt/AFP/Getty Images
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President Xi Jinping’s first trip to the European Union in five years comes with one clear goal: avoid stumbling into a trade war with Brussels over a manufacturing boom that’s powering China’s economic recovery.