French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to China this week for his fourth state visit, as Europe seeks to balance economic and security threats from Beijing with reliance on the world's second-largest economy during a time of global trade turmoil.

French President Emmanuel Macron will lobby his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, this week to try to avert tariffs on dairy and pork exports to China.

The French president also urged more investment to rebalance trade ties. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The French president seeks to attract new investments from Chinese companies and facilitate access for French exports to the vast Asian market. While the official stance of the European Union toughens towards China,