Russia has said it would hold a military exercise that will include practice for the use of tactical nuclear weapons
French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen were set to press China’s President Xi Jinping on Monday to reduce trade imbalances and use his influence on Russia over the war in Ukraine.
Xi was in Europe for the first time in five years, at a time of growing trade tensions, with the European Union investigating several Chinese industries including electric vehicle exports, while Beijing is probing mostly French-made imports of brandy.
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