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Urgent: Xi, Macron pledge over phone to deepen ties, jointly build open global trade system

Xinhua,March 22, 2018 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron Thursday pledged over phone that China and France would jointly implement their consensus on deepening ties and promote multilateralism to build an open global trade system.

Macron congratulated Xi on being elected Chinese president on Saturday at the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's national legislature. Enditem