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Macron calls for action over China trade imbalance

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French President Emmanuel Macron is putting Beijing on notice over its lopsided trade relationship with the EU… again.

On December 17, Macron said in an FT editorial that the China-EU trade imbalance was not sustainable.

Some context: Macron visited China earlier this month where he mooted these c...