China Urges France for Tech Help as Beijing Tries to Counter US … – Bloomberg

China’s top diplomat called on France to boost cooperation on tech issues and trade in the face of “adverse currents,” a sign of the Asian nation’s efforts to counter a US-led effort to curb its chip ambitions.

Wang Yi told French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in a meeting in Paris on Wednesday the two nations should continue their “tradition of independence and self-determination.”