NNA - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Paris Sunday to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, who is expected to try again to persuade his visitor to exert his influence with Russia "to change their calculations" regarding the conflict in Ukraine.

France is also unhappy with an apparent trade tit-for-tat, after Paris probed vehicle export from China before Beijing opened an investigation into brandy imports.

Xi is also set to meet European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. --- RT

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