Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that the two countries should work together to “safeguard international trade rules”, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
The two leaders held a phone call on Thursday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Xi last visited France a year ago.
The European Commission is proposing a €2 (US$2.25) fee for small packages valued at €150 or less sent directly to customers from overseas. For parcels sent to a European warehouse for storage, the fee would be only €0.50 per parcel, the bloc’s trade chief Maros Sefcovic told EU lawmakers on Tuesday.
Last week, China and the US agreed to a 90-day tariff truce following a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, although tensions between the two largest economies appeared set to flare again following a US ban on Chinese tech giant Huawei Technology’s AI chips.