December 17, 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday penned a piece urging a rebalancing of economic relations between the European Union (EU) and China, stressing that placing tariffs and quotas on Chinese imports would be "an uncooperative answer."

The article outlines steps that Macron believes both sides must take to address existing imbalances, highlighting cooperation potential with China in clean energy and services and emphasizing that an optimal framework for both regions is "a cooperative one."

Trade balance issue reflects multiple structural factors, and that an excessive focus on EU's deficit with China risks oversimplifying the complex nature of bilateral economic ties, Chinese experts said, agreeing that dialogue and cooperation, rather than confrontation, offer a more constructive and win-win path to addressing imbalances.

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