China, France to hold high-level strategic and economic dialogues this year

BEIJING, Mar 27: China and France will hold three high-level dialogues on strategic, economic, financial and cultural issues this year, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said after meeting with his French counterpart in Beijing on Thursday.

In a meeting Wang described as "constructive" and which included discussions on bilateral and China-EU relations, he said both countries will also put to use the consultation mechanism between foreign ministries for in-depth communication on common issues.

Wang met French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Thursday morning at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Barrot is in China on a two-day visit that ends on Friday.
The meeting comes as U.S. President Donald Trump upends global trade by imposing, or threatening to impose, tariffs on trading partners including the European Union and China. �"REUTERS