France’s foreign minister is in China to discuss Ukraine and trade issues

BEIJING (AP) — French Foreign Minister Jean-Noà«l Barrot began a two-day visit to China on Thursday during which he is to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart on Ukraine and longstanding trade disputes between China and Europe. Barrot went into a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shortly before noon, to be followed by a news conference and luncheon. On Friday, he will travel to Shanghai for meetings with local officials and business leaders. In opening remarks, Wang called on both countries to "choose multilateralism over unilateralism … and pursue mutual benefit and win-win outcomes instead of decoupling and…