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STORY: :: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Elysee Palace :: Xi is in Europe for the first time in five years at a time of growing economic and trade frictions :: May 6, 2024 Earlier in the day, Macron and Xi sat with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for trilateral talks. Macron was set to press Xi to reduce trade imbalances and try to convince him to use his influence on Russia over the war in Ukraine.