China and France signed over 20 declarations and agreements to cooperate during President Xi Jinping's state visit to France, and both leaders expressed an interest in partnerships in trade and technology.

At the beginning of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to France, there was a trilateral meeting in Paris with leaders from China, France and the European Union (EU), with trade and market access as the priority issues.

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce published an update on the anti-dumping investigation on European brandy, indicating the companies to be sampled and the categorization of the brandy products under investigation.

During Chinese Premier Li Qiang's visit to France last week, the two sides signed multiple cooperation agreements. Li also used the opportunity to stress China's vision of the China-France relationship and a more stable China-EU relationship, although the EU may have a different vision.

As a follow up to the Xi-Macron meeting in April.

As a follow up to the Macron-Xi meeting earlier this month, the Chinese government recently started the domestic process of allowing more French food imports, and moved ahead with the regulatory process for two French GI applications.

French President Emmanuel Macron just finished a high-profile state visit in China. Trade and economic cooperation was one of the topics that Macron discussed with Chinese leaders, and a number of agreements on food, aircraft, container ships, and energy were reached and signed last week.