France’s Le Maire presses China on market access and lobbies for electric car investment

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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, left and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands after a joint press conference at the end of the 9th China-France High Level Economic and Financial Dialogue held at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, Saturday, July 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) BEIJING – The French finance minister said Sunday he pressed Chinese leaders to open their markets wider to foreign companies and lobbied for investment in France’s electric car industry, as the European Union’s second-largest economy followed Washington in reviving post-COVID economic talks amid tension over Beijing’s surging trade surpluses. Bruno...