Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a news conference at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. Photo: Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a news conference at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a news conference at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Danil Bochkov
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Danil Bochkov

Will China-EU ties improve after the Xi-Macron-Merkel summit?

  • The summit between the leaders of China, France and Germany seems to have been amicable, but China-EU relations are not in the clear given that Merkel is stepping down and Macron’s stance has proved variable

Danil Bochkov
Danil Bochkov

Updated: 4:00am, 9 Jul, 2021

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a news conference at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. Photo: Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a news conference at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a news conference at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. Photo: Reuters
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Danil Bochkov

Danil Bochkov

Danil Bochkov is an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council. He gained his master of economics at MGIMO-University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and a bachelor's degree in foreign regional studies at the Institute of Business Studies (IBS-Moscow). He also has a master's degree in world economy from the University of international Business and Economics (UIBE, Beijing)