France Signs Multibillion-Dollar Deals With China, Pushes Back on ‘One Belt, One Road’ Project

France Signs Multibillion-Dollar Deals With China, Pushes Back on ‘One Belt, One Road’ Project
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Chinese Leader Xi Jinping at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on March 25, 2019. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
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PARIS—France and China have signed agreements worth billions of dollars, including a huge Airbus plane order, during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, even as Paris pushed back against Beijing’s One Belt, One Road infrastructure initiative.

President Emmanuel Macron wants to forge a united European front to confront unfair Chinese trade and investment practices.